Friday, August 20, 2010

MGT502 Final Paper 2010

FINALTERM  EXAMINATION
Spring 2010
MGT502- Organizational Behaviour (Session - 4)
Time: 90 min
Marks: 69
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  OPKST
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  20 Aug 2010

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Question No: 1    ( Marks: 1 )    - Please choose one
 Which of the following are identified  as new managerial functions?

       Planning and organizing
       Leading and controlling
       Directing and monitoring
       TQM and continuous improvement
   
Question No: 2    ( Marks: 1 )    - Please choose one
 Which of the following is NOT a component of attitude?

       Cognition
       Affect
       Behavior
       Myths
   
Question No: 3    ( Marks: 1 )    - Please choose one
 Why is decision making a perceptual issue?

       Decision making is generally by consensus
       Decision making occurs as a reaction to a problem
       There may be more than one way to solve a problem
       For a decision, a problem must be perceived to exist
   
Question No: 4    ( Marks: 1 )    - Please choose one
 What sort of plan is a company-established benefit plan where employees acquire stock as part of their benefits?

       MBO program
       Gain sharing plan
       Employee stock ownership plan
       Piece-rate plan
   
Question No: 5    ( Marks: 1 )    - Please choose one
 Which of the following is true about virtual teams?

       There is an absence of verbal cues
       There is limited social context
       People collaborate online
       All of the given options
   
Question No: 6    ( Marks: 1 )    - Please choose one
 A team in which a significant amount of communication and interaction vunew occurs electronically rather than face to face is referred to as: 

       A research and development team
       A self-managed work team
       A problem solving team
       A virtual team
   
Question No: 7    ( Marks: 1 )    - Please choose one
 Which function of communication transmits the data necessary for decision-making?

       Emotional expression
       Information
       Control
       Motivation
   
Question No: 8    ( Marks: 1 )    - Please choose one
 Which of the following is most likely to affect the building of trust within a relationship?



       Integrity
       Loyalty
       Consistency
       Openness
   
Question No: 9    ( Marks: 1 )    - Please choose one
 The characteristics of inevitability and good judgment in handling situations make up which of the following dimension of trust?




       Integrity
       Competence
       Uniformity
       Consistency
   
Question No: 10    ( Marks: 1 )    - Please choose one
 Formal power can arise out of which of the following?




       Formal authority
       Control of information
       Ability to coerce or reward
       All of the given options
   
Question No: 11    ( Marks: 1 )    - Please choose one
 Jafer comes to you with a request for funds for a project.  He reminds vunew you that company policy supports his position. He is using which of the following political tactic?



       Legitimacy
       Co-optation
       Coalitions
       Consultation
   
Question No: 12    ( Marks: 1 )    - Please choose one
 There are several things that can assist a large organization to decentralize, including:
       Increasing complexity of the organization
       Specialization of products/market/technology
       Adding more senior managers

       Becoming less formal in design and procedures
   
Question No: 13    ( Marks: 1 )    - Please choose one
 Which one of the following dichotomies of organizational structure specifically defines where decisions are made?



       Complexity/simplicity
       Specialization/enlargement
       Formalization/in formalization
       Centralization/decentralization
   
Question No: 14    ( Marks: 1 )    - Please choose one
 Which of the following would be an example of an organization split up functionally? 

       A computer company divides its employees according to the manufacturing, sales, customer service, and product development.
       A department store divides its employees by Southern, Western, Eastern and Northern regions
       An office supply store divides its employees according to individual customer services and corporate customer services.
       A car company divides its employees into car models. Employees are responsible for development, marketing, and sales.
   
Question No: 15    ( Marks: 1 )    - Please choose one
 A company redesigns the jobs of the workers in accounts receivables, so that instead of simply billing customers, they will also be responsible for following up on non-payment, vunew.blogspot liaising between customers and the departments billing them, and other related tasks. What term would best be used to describe these changes?



       Job rotation
       Job enlargement
       Job enrichment
       Job sharing
   
Question No: 16    ( Marks: 1 )    - Please choose one
 How do most employees react to job enlargement efforts?




►Unqualified approval
►Somewhat enthusiastically
►With a lack of enthusiasm
►The reaction tends to be mixed
   
Question No: 17    ( Marks: 1 )    - Please choose one
 Which one of the following is NOT an example of regional economic alliances?

►European Union
►Democratic Union of Hungarians
►North American Free Trade Agreement
►Caribbean Community
   
Question No: 18    ( Marks: 1 )    - Please choose one
 Personal management skills such as attitudes and behaviors that drive one's potential for growth and team work skills is called _____________.

►Soft skills
►Hard skills
►Technical skills
►None of the given options
   
Question No: 19    ( Marks: 1 )    - Please choose one
 A manger is helping his subordinates to explore, and possibly resolve, personal problems. What is he doing?

►Counseling
►Training
►Negotiating
►Coaching
   
Question No: 20    ( Marks: 1 )    - Please choose one
 Measuring performance, providing feedback and conducting progress review is called:
►Planning
►Developing
►Monitoring
►Leading
   
Question No: 21    ( Marks: 1 )    - Please choose one
 ---------------- is a management strategy aimed at embedding awareness of quality in all organizational processes.
►Development
►Standards
►Benchmarking
►TQM
   
Question No: 22    ( Marks: 1 )    - Please choose one
 All of the following include behavioral symptoms of stress EXCEPT:
►Asthma
►Bad moods
►Being irritable
►Defensiveness
   
Question No: 23    ( Marks: 1 )    - Please choose one
 Introducing new equipment tools or operating methods are examples of change in:
►People
►Strategies
►Technology
►Structure
   
Question No: 24    ( Marks: 1 )    - Please choose one
 Human Resource Manager in an organization possesses_____________.

►Top level authority
►Middle level authority 

►Staff authority

►Line authority 

   
Question No: 25    ( Marks: 1 )    - Please choose one
 Which of the following best describes HRM activities ?
►Hiring, selecting and training people
►Hiring, selecting and firing people
►Hiring, motivating and retaining people

►Recruiting, preparing, stimulating and retaining people

   
Question No: 26    ( Marks: 1 )    - Please choose one
 Supervisor rates Huma, who is  an average worker  as “excellent” on all of her performance evaluations. What rating error you can identify?
►Leniency error 
►Central tendency
►Similarity error

►Single criterion

   
Question No: 27    ( Marks: 1 )    - Please choose one
 Performance evaluations are used as a mechanism for all of the following EXCEPT:




►Identifying training and development needs
►Monitoring the success of marketing strategies
►Determining promotions of employees
►Human resource planning
   
Question No: 28    ( Marks: 1 )    - Please choose one
 Most important elements in managing culture include all EXCEPT:
►What leaders pay attention to
►How leaders react to crises
►How leaders behave
►What leaders think about work
   
Question No: 29    ( Marks: 1 )    - Please choose one
 All of the following are factors that serve to sustain organizational cultures EXCEPT:



►Selection
►Orientation  
►Socialization
►Economy
   
Question No: 30    ( Marks: 1 )    - Please choose one
 The managers can correct poor performance of employees by using which of the following technique?




►Recognition & Appreciation
►Job Enlargement / Enrichment
►Advancement
►Establish the social contract
   
Question No: 31    ( Marks: 1 )    - Please choose one
 Whichof the following type of questionnaire is used in collecting job analysis information?

►Structured
►Unstructured
►Both structured and unstructured
►None of the given options
   
Question No: 32    ( Marks: 1 )    - Please choose one
 Which of the following is least likely to be considered an outcome of job satisfaction?

►Performance
►Absenteeism/turnover
►Professional jealousy
►Organizational citizenship behavior
   
Question No: 33    ( Marks: 1 )    - Please choose one
 In general, how do leaders exercise legitimate power?



►Issuing formal requests
►Maintaining credibility
►Making requests in a demanding tone
►Keeping aware of subordinates’ actions
   
Question No: 34    ( Marks: 1 )    - Please choose one
 The conflict that occurs between a company and a union during a strike is:

►Interpersonal
►Intergroup
►Interorganizational
►Intragroup
   
Question No: 35    ( Marks: 1 )    - Please choose one
 Which approach to conflict management would be most appropriate for a culture that values collectivism?




►Competing
►Avoiding
►Accommodating
►Collaboration
   
Question No: 36    ( Marks: 1 )    - Please choose one
 Which of the following is the organizational source of resistance to change?
►Fear of unknown
►Economic threat
►New social relationship
►Fixed investment
   
Question No: 37    ( Marks: 1 )    - Please choose one
 The CEO of ABC manufacturer is not satisfied with the sales of his products. He has decided to operate in international market to earn vunew the targeted sales. What can be the possible reason of this expansion?
►To work with untrained labor
►To avoid cultural diversity
►To acquire resources
►To work under poor working conditions
   
Question No: 38    ( Marks: 1 )    - Please choose one
 Ali is working in an organization where his boss has a very authoritative personality. He always threatens him by explanation calls and termination warnings. Which of the following factor is causing stress for him?
►Supervisor
►Salary
►Security
►Safety
   
Question No: 39    ( Marks: 1 )    - Please choose one
 Which of the following criteria are most important for organizations regarding performance appraisal?
►Traits
►Individual task outcomes
►Behavior
►Attitude
   
Question No: 40    ( Marks: 1 )    - Please choose one
 Hamza is a marketing manager in an organization. He was highly rated by his supervisor because he always volunteers himself for extra duties and is famous for vunew attaining very few leaves. Identify the criteria on which his performance has been evaluated.
►Traits
►Individual task outcomes
►Behavior
►Lean work habit
   
Question No: 41    ( Marks: 1 )    - Please choose one
 Which of the following is the input of a System Approach?

►Products
►Profits
►Managerial Skills
►Services
   
Question No: 42    ( Marks: 1 )    - Please choose one
 Which of the following is an example of terminal value?

►Self control
►Ambition
►Politeness
►Inner harmony
   
Question No: 43    ( Marks: 1 )    - Please choose one
 In TL Corporation, wearing jeans in production department is considered as appropriate but not perceived suitable for marketing or legal department. Which of the following vunew.blogspot factor is influencing the perception in this example?

►Perceiver
►Target
►Situation
►Context
   
Question No: 44    ( Marks: 1 )    - Please choose one
 Mr. Usman is working in a temporary team that highlights specific problems in the workplace. This team can be called as:

       Quality circle
       Product development team
       Virtual teams
       Problem-solving team
   
Question No: 45    ( Marks: 1 )    - Please choose one
 Which of the following statement is TRUE regarding trait theories?

       Fit traits to various situations
       Emphasize the situation in classifying approaches to leadership
       Suggest leaders are born and not made
       Focus on leaders physical attributes, personality, and abilities
   
Question No: 46    ( Marks: 1 )    - Please choose one
 Which type of team meets to discuss ways to improve quality, efficiency, and the work environment?           

       Self-managed
       Virtual
       Problem-solving
       Cross-functional
   
Question No: 47    ( Marks: 1 )    - Please choose one
 Mr. Ali is a finance manager in an organization. He works overtime to finish a task because he is very committed to his work. On the other hand vunew he also wishes to leave on time because he has many responsibilities towards his family. He is facing which of the following conflict?



       Inter-role Conflict
       Intrapersonal Conflict
       Intra-role Conflict
       Interpersonal Conflict
   
Question No: 48    ( Marks: 1 )    - Please choose one
 Ahmed is an auto worker, he installs tail-lights one week and windshields on the next week. It is an example of which of the following work redesign options?
       Job enlargement
       Jon enrichment
       Job rotation
       Job specification
   
Question No: 49    ( Marks: 3 )
 Describe the circumstances under which an organization should change its culture.
   
Question No: 50    ( Marks: 3 )
 What are the three essential parts of the high performing organizations?
   
Question No: 51    ( Marks: 5 )
 The more routine the technology, the more mechanistic the organization should be. Do you agree with this statement? Explain.
   
Question No: 52    ( Marks: 5 )
 TQM has gained great importance in today's organizations. Explain the essential elements of TQM.
   
Question No: 53    ( Marks: 5 )
 Story telling has become an increasingly important way for organizations to transmit important values. Do you agree or not? Discuss.

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