BUS 370 Week 1 Quiz

BUS 370  Week 1 Quiz | ashford university

Week 1 - Quiz

Question 1

OD is strategic, and its interventions include a range of activities.  

·         True  

·         False

 

Question 2

Organization development (OD) most often draws on which of the following fields? (Select all that apply.)  

·         business management  

·         anthropology       

·         social science  

·         behavioral science

 

Question 3

Which of the following is NOT an interpersonal competency of an effective OD practitioner?  

·         being direct  

·         behaving respectfully  

·         maintaining a sense of humor  

·         diagnosing a root problem

 

Question 4

OD is simply training and development initiatives for short-term quick fixes.  

·         True 

·         False

 

 

Question 5

OD evolved from research on how a group member’s behavior affected the group, rather than how a group as a whole behaved.  

·         True

·         False

 

Question 6

Denise works in the quality control section of a large shipping company. In this capacity, she monitors and reports on how well (or how poorly) the system operates and how well the subsystems of the company relate to each other. With what does Denise provide her organization?  

·         networking  

·         throughputs  

·         permeable boundaries   

·         feedback loops

 

Question 7

Which of the following is NOT a way to categorize change?  

·         developmental, transitional, and transformative  

·         rate of occurrence, how it comes about, and scale  

·         first-order and second-order  

·         top-down, cooperative, and bottom-up

·         Review Section 2.1 in your textbook for more information.

 

Question 8

In the 1980s and 1990s, OD consultants developed the key practice of “planned and strategic change.” What realization led to this practice?  

·         The shift from the industrial age to the knowledge age requires an organization to encourage change and facilitate learning. 

·         Managers need to listen to and respect employees and seek their input about change.  

·         Interventions are more effective and lasting when intentional change is linked to an organization’s tactics and goals.  

·         Organizational atmosphere, culture, and tone affect its members and planned change.

 

Question 9

Organization development includes both planned and unplanned processes.  

1.       True 

2.       False

 

 

Question 10

Kurt Lewin, an influential pioneer in organization design, contributed all of the following to that field of study EXCEPT __________.  

·         the 4-D cycle of appreciative inquiry 

·         the freezing-moving-unfreezing model 

·         the concept of group dynamics 

·         the force-field theory