MGT504

Organization
Theory &
Design Mid
Term Solved
MCQs
When activities among departments require strong coordination over a long period of time, then which
one of the following is often the solution?

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Cross functional team

Full time integrator

Task force

Functional team

Which of the following personalities observed twenty industrial firms in England and discovered that
external environment was related to internal management structure?

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Harrington Hannah and Edelstein Hackers

Henry Fayol and John Keats

Frederick Taylor and Henry Ford

Tom Burns and G.M.Stalker

Question # 3 of 30 (Start time: 12:18:16 PM. 22 June 2021)

Which of the following structure works well when organizations can no longer be adequately controlled
through the traditional vertical hierarchy, and when goals are oriented toward adaptation and change?

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Matrix structure

Functional structure

Divisional structure

Geographical structure
Which of the following means the usage of huge databases which allows users to access the data
directly, creating reports and obtaining response to what - if questions?

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Data structuring

Data warehousing

Data processing

Data cleaning

Which one of the following types of departmental interdependence, the output of one department
becomes input of another department?

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Sequential interdependence

Diagonal interdependence

Reciprocal interdependence

Pooled interdependence

Which strategy seems to lie midway between the prospector and the defender?

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Analyzer

Striver

Reactor
What is the impact of IT on the organizational size in context of number of employees?

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Number of employees reduced

Number of employees not free from tedious task

No impact on number of employees

number of employees increased

Which of the following sometimes called Official Goal?

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Strategy

Task

Gool

Mission

Which one of the following strategies supports high risk taking for utilizing new growth-oriented
opportunities in the market?

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Prospector

Analyzer

Reactor

Defender
What is the name of the phenomenon when leaders from different sectors in an environment are made
part of an organization?

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Cooptation

Development

Computerization

Cooperation

In the single and stable environment, the uncertainty level is:

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changed

constant

High

Low

The direction-setting process of an organization typically begins with an assessment of

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Leader style and past performance

Distinctive competence and weakness

Strength and weakness

Uncertainty and resource availability

Which one of the following types of forces rests pressure on management to copy or model the
practices of other organizations when the situation is indecisive and uncertain?

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Environmental force

Mimetic force

Coercive force

Normative force

Which of the following can be defined as simple. absolute facts and figures that may be of little use?

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Data

Database

Knowledge

Information

Which one of the following contingency effectiveness approaches consists of identifying the output
goals of an organization as a measurement of organizational effectiveness?

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Internal Process Approach

Resource-Based Approach

Goal Approach

Stakeholder Approach
Which of the following is unwritten but can be observed in stories. slogans, ceremonies, dress, and
office layout?

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Structure

Rules and policies

Strategy

Culture

Which of the following is NOT a part of Porters model and strategies?

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Real GDP

Differentiation

Low-cost leadership

Focus

Pertaining to balanced effectiveness approach, what is the effectiveness criterion for customers?

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Financial return

Worker satisfaction

Quality of goods and services

Creditworthiness
Pertaining to balanced effetiveness approach, what is the effectiveness criterion for Creditors?

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Financial return

Worker satisfaction

Quality of go0ds and services

Creditworthiness

Which of the following describes an organization's vision, its shared values and beliefs, and its reasons
for being?

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Mission

Goal

Strategy

Task

Which one of the following is NOT a basic function of management?

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Planning

organizing

Motivating

Controlling
The phenomenon that states that similar activities in an organization should be grouped together under
one manager, is termed as which of the following?

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Unity of Direction

Unity of Command

Unity of tasks

Unity of orders

Pertaining to balanced effectiveness approach, what is the effectiveness criterion for owners?

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Financial return

Worker satisfaction

Quality of goods and services

Creditworthiness

Organizations are the social entities and are linked with_

Total Mark

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External Environment

Internal Environment

dronme

Hybrid Environment
Uncertain Environment

Which of the following strategies is concerned with environmental threats and opportunities in an
adhoc fashion?

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Prospector

Defende

Reactor

Analyzer

The amount of final product or service output against the amount of resource input means

Productivity

Investment

Sales increase

Increase in profits