Organizational Structure and change quiz online:
Who is responsible to take corrective actions in response to unforeseen problems?
(a) Liaison
(b) Disturbance-handler
(c) Figurehead
(d) Spokesperson
The re-arrangement of organizational structure & change in organizational culture is accomplished during:
(a) Task analysis
(b) Organizational analysis
(c) Person analysis
(d) Management analysis
People within a group who initiate the work, give new ideas and also collect information about the task, are actually performing:
(a) Information collector roles
(b) Task oriented roles
(c) Relationship oriented roles
(d) Individual roles
Organizational efficiency is expressed as:
(a) Planning for long-run goals
(b) Making the best use of scarce resources
(c) Goal attainment
(d) Meeting deadlines
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Under which of the following role, manager discusses issues and bargains with other units to gain advantages for their own unit?
(a) Negotiator
(b) Spokesperson
(c) Disseminator
(d) Entrepreneur
Which of the following forces makes an individual eligible to make decisions, give orders & direct the work activities of others?
(a) Power
(b) Influence
(c) Authority
(d) Command
Why should organizational goals be measurable?
(a) Ensure goal ambiguity
(b) Ensure goal attainment
(c) Put high effort
(d) Encourage employee participation
Which of the following statements represents “effectiveness”?
(a) Achieve most output in less time
(b) Achieve mass production
(c) Achieve most output with least input
(d) Achieve organizational goals
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Goal setting is:
(a) Top down process
(b) Bottom up process
(c) A process of top down support and bottom up development
(d) A function of senior management
A practice used by different companies to reduce costs by transferring portions of work to outside provider rather than completing it internally is termed as:
(a) Planning
(b) Decentralization
(c) Restructuring
(d) Outsourcing
Which of the following defines the levels of authority to perform the assigned tasks?
(a) Labour union
(b) Competitor’s threat
(c) Organizational structure
(d) Pressure group
Organizations started emphasizing on making rules and regulations during:
(a) Mechanistic period
(b) Legalistic period
(c) Catalytic period
(d) Strategic period
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Successful managers are:
(a) Efficient & effective
(b) Goal achievers
(c) Strict to employees
(d) Policy makers
When the firm changes the way it operates, the process is known as:
(a) Downsizing
(b) Brain drain
(c) Restructuring
(d) Outsourcing
The intellectual & mechanical process used by an organization to transform inputs into outputs is termed as:
(a) Task
(b) People
(c) Structure
(d) Technology
Which of the following roles a manager performs as a Resource allocator?
(a) Interpersonal role
(b) Decisional role
(c) Informational role
(d) Supportive role
