Quiz1 (Midterm Term)

This refers both to the environment and materials as well as to the policies and rules.

• a. line of authority

• b. order

• c. stability of tenure

• d. esprit de corps

2. It refers to specializing a limited set of activities, in which workers become more efficient and increase their output.

• a. authority

• b. unity of command

• c. division of labor

• d. discipline

3. This author is interested in standardization of work to improve productivity.

• a. Frank Gilbreth

• b. Frederick Winslow Taylor

• c. Fayol Taylor

• d. Peter Drucker

4. It is one of the 9 Priciples of Management which means a culture of impatience with lethargy and inertia that otherwise leaves organizaitons unresponsive.

• a. A Bias for Action

• b. Productivity through People

• c. Autonomy and Entrepreneurship

• d. Simple Form, Leam Staff

This refers to a type of group action that is focused on specific political or social issues.

• a. emotional movement

• b. mental movement

• c. social movement

• d. social networking

It is an organization skilled at creating, acquiring, and transferring knowledge, and at modifying its behavior to reflect new knowledge and insight.

• virtual organization

• learning organization

• adopting organization

• model organization

This refers to the extent to which the less powerful members of institutions and organizations expect and accept that power is distributed unequally.

• a. assertiveness

• b. uncertainty avoidance

• c. gender egalitarianism

• d. power distance

It is a statement that communicates the organization's reason for being, and how it aims to serve its key stakeholders.

• a. values

• b. vision statement

• a. values statement

• d. mission statement

It refers to the degree to which decision-making authority is concentrated at higher levels in an organization.

• a. formalization

• b. departmentalization

• c. mechanistic structure

• d. centralization

This refers to the company framework that are flexible, adaptable and experiment with new ideas.

• a. innovative culture

• b. agressive culture

• c. outcome-oriented culture

• d. stable culture