MOOC-SAL: 4.9. Quiz Module 4

Which of the following skillset corresponds to academic skills?

• good manager and good planner

• good politician and well-connected

• visionary and charismatic

• well-respected academic and academic expert

Which of the following skillset corresponds to Personality skills?

• good manager and good planner

• good politician and well-connected

• visionary and charismatic

• well-respected academic and academic expert

Which of the following skillset corresponds to Management skills?

• good manager and good planner

• good politician and well-connected

• visionary and charismatic

• well-respected academic and academic expert

Which of the following skillset corresponds to Political skills?

• good manager and good planner

• good politician and well-connected

• visionary and charismatic

• well-respected academic and academic expert

One of the most important aspects of planned change implementation in any organizational structure is the resistance to change. Which of the following ways can help to overcome this challenge?

• Giving individuals a way of thinking about what they are experiencing.

• Help individuals to complete unfinished business.

• Open ways to incorporate individuals’ choices and ideas to the change process.

• All of the above.

It can be said that resistance is a bad indicator of change implementation since it reveals a defense mechanism. Is this true or false?

• True

• False

Regarding conflict management and conflict resolution strategies, which of the following statements can describe the most often implemented strategies in (actual) academic settings? (you can choose more than one option).

• An approach in which everyone gets something and loses something intending to reach a mutual agreement.

• A sufficient satisfaction for both opposing sides and this minimizes the negative impact of the conflict.

• An intention is to find out a novel solution that will be satisfactory for everyone involved in the conflict.

• A favored approach that often brings some new ideas and innovative solutions.

Why the resistance to change at the university level can sometimes be called academic conservatism?

• Because there is internal resistance to organizational changes at the university.

• Because there is a discrepancy between the society and university changes.

• There is no clear distinction on how and what has to change at the university level.

• All options are correct.