3.10 Quiz

According to Lewin’s force field analysis

• change will occur if driving forces are stronger than restraining forces.

• change will occur if negative forces equal positive forces.

• a company will grow if its strengths and opportunities outweigh its weaknesses and threats.

• a company will grow if horizontal forces and vertical forces are balanced.

In a business each employee has a job with clear rules and procedures. Which of Handy’s cultures does this description most closely correspond to?

• Person culture

• Power culture

• Role culture

• Task culture

A business overcomes resistance to change by giving a highly rewarded role in the process to the trade union leader. According to Kotter & Schlesinger, this method is

• education and communication.

• explicit coercion

• facilitation and support.

• manipulation and co-option.

Statement 1: ‘An emergent strategy is an initially unplanned strategy which arises in box response to change.’ Statement 2: ‘Strategic drift occurs when a planned strategy is continually modified in response to changes.’ Read statements 1 and 2 and select the correct option from the following:

• Statement 1 is true. Statement 2 is true.

• Statement 1 is true. Statement 2 is false.

• Statement 1 is false. Statement 2 is true

• Statement 1 is false. Statement 2 is false.

The culture of a business changes from an emphasis on decisions being made by the original owner, to a culture in which there are stated rules and each worker has defined responsibilities. According to Handy, this is a change in culture from

• person to role.

• person to task

• power to role.

• power to task.

Based on the network shown in Figure 2, the total float time for activity D is

• 2 days

• 6 days

• 7 days

• 9 days

Based on the network shown in Figure 2, if activity B is delayed by 6 days the duration of the critical path

• does not change.

• increases by 1 day.

• increases by 5 days

• increases by 6 days.

Strategic drift occurs when a business

• implements a plan that has been designed to cope with unexpected and unwelcome changes.

• introduces a previously unplanned strategy in response to external changes.

• introduces a previously unplanned strategy in response to internal changes.

• maintains a strategy that is no longer suited to current circumstances.