Formal Organizations MCQ

Theory of gendered organizations is a theory of formal orga-nizations that proposes that women are ________ in workplaces

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Correct Answer: Disadvantaged

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Social enterpreneurial organization is an organization formed by a social entrepreneur who recognizes a ______ problem and uses ideas from business entrepreneurs

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Correct Answer: Social

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Scientific management is set of principles developed by ________ to maximize the internal efficiency of for-mal organizations

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Correct Answer: Frederick Taylor

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In organizational theory, Satisfice is to seek perfect solutions and to discontinue the search for alternative solutions

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Correct Answer: False

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Privatisation refers to shifting the administration of programs from government to non government organizations

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Correct Answer: True

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Political economy model is a model of formal organizations that focuses on the organization’s dependence on its ________ for political and economic resources

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Correct Answer: Environment

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Organizations as multiple oppressions is a theory of organizations that views them as social constructions that _______ some categories of people.

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Correct Answer: B & C

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An approach to formal organizations that assumes organizations can maximize efficiency and effectiveness while also promoting individual happiness and well-being is called

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Correct Answer: Organizational humanism

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Organizational culture model sees organization as ______ with shared experiences and shared meanings.

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Correct Answer: Cultures

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Non Hierarchical organization is an organization run by con-sensus, with few rules, characterized by

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Correct Answer: Informality

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Managing diversity model focuses on the need to maximize the potential advantages, and minimize the potential disadvantages, of diversity in organizational membership.

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Correct Answer: True

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Management by objectives involves ________ planning of organizational objectives and the structures and processes for meeting those objectives

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Correct Answer: Both

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_____________ theory was developed on the premise that rational planning is not sufficient for an organization to survive in a rapidly changing environment

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Correct Answer: Learning organization

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Iron cage of rationality is Max Weber’s term for the _______ potential of bureaucracies.

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Correct Answer: Non humanizing

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Institutional theory of organizations is a perspective that focuses on how formal organizations are embedded in ______ and its major institutions and shaped by them.

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Correct Answer: Society

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Hybrid organization is an organization that ______ political advocacy and service provision in its core identity.

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Correct Answer: Combines

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Human relations theory is a theory that focuses on the role of ___________ in organizational efficiency and effectiveness.

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Correct Answer: Human relationships

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Tendency of participants in an experi-mental study to perform in particular ways simply because they know they are being studied is called

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Correct Answer: Hawthorne effect

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Emotional labor is a form of emotion regulation wherein workers are expected to ____________ emotions as part of their job

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Correct Answer: All of the above

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Decision making theory sees organizational decision makers as _______ in their capac-ity for rational decision making.

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Correct Answer: Constrained

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Burnout is a process in which a previously committed worker __________ from his or her work in response to stress and strain experienced in the job.

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Correct Answer: Disengages

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Bounded rationality refers to limited rationality of organization __________ in decision-making theory of formal organizations

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Correct Answer: Decision makers

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The Appreciative inquiry model of organizational change is based on the premise that organizational change is best accomplished by engaging all organizational stakeholders in a positive examination of the organization’s past, present, and future.

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Correct Answer: True

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The organizational perspective that builds on the fundamental principle that organizations are in constant interaction with multiple environments and must be able to adapt to environmental change is the ______.

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Correct Answer: Systems perspective

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The political economy model focuses on the dependence of organizations on their environment for necessary resources and on the impact of organization–environment interactions on the internal structure and processes of the organization.

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Correct Answer: True

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The fundamental belief in the managing diversity model is that organizations will experience more and more diversity which must be successfully addressed.

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Correct Answer: True

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The type of formal organization that stresses rules, regulations, and structure as essential to goal accomplishment is ______.

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Correct Answer: Ideal-type bureaucracy

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This type of management uses “participatory management,” which involves lower-level employees in some decision making.

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Correct Answer: Nonhierarchical organization

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This type of formal organization is sometimes referred to as Taylorism and emphasizes maximizing internal efficiency.

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Correct Answer: Scientific management

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The systems perspective on organizations builds on the fundamental principle that the organization is in constant interaction with its multiple environments—social, political, economic, cultural, and technological—and must be able to adapt to environmental change.

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Correct Answer: False

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The organizational theory that is based on the premise that rational planning is NOT enough to ensure its survival is referred to as ______.

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Correct Answer: Learning organization theory

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Which of the following is NOT one of the three dimensions of burnout in the Burnout Inventory Model developed by Maslach?

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Correct Answer: Self-efficacy

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The systems perspective on organizations views formal organizations as a “goal-directed, purposefully designed machine.”

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Correct Answer: True

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A manger who adheres to Theory X would NOT believe that workers ______.

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Correct Answer: Have more creative contributions to make than organizations generally allow

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The tendency of experimental participants to perform in particular ways simply because they know they are being studied is called ______.

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Correct Answer: The Hawthorne effect

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What is the purpose of managing diversity?

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Correct Answer: Maximizing the advantages of diversity while minimizing its disadvantages

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Burnout has been found to be associated with absenteeism, turnover, lower productivity and effectiveness, interpersonal conflict, and disruption to the work environment, which can be contagious.

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Correct Answer: True

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The organizational model that views organizations in terms of ongoing, interactive processes of reality construction, involving many organizational actors, is the ______.

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Correct Answer: Organizational culture model

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A formal organization is a collective of people, with a high degree of formality of structure, working together to meet a common goal or goals.

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Correct Answer: True

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