Week 3 quiz OUA SP2 CC&P

What is not formal authority in an organisation?

• Position in a firm

• Power through influence

• Project position

• Organisation structure

What is one type of informal authority?

• Directors influence on employees

• motivation and support of colleagues

• Human resources authority on workers

• Site manager to labourers

3. One type of authority according to theorist Max Weber is:

• Traditional authority

• Legal-rational authority

• Charismatic authority

• Democratic authority

What's a naive client?

• construction manager

• private clients without experience

• Developer background

• Builder as client

Which procurement approach does not reduce the power gap?

• Integrated project delivery

• Design bid build

• PPP

• Alliancing

Having specialist skills provides power because:

• they make you indispensable to others.

• they make you popular in social circles.

• they guarantee financial success.

• they eliminate the need for teamwork.

What’s the impact of misaligned power. Choose all that apply

• Efficiency

• Amity

• Conflict

• Confusion

What are critical components of partnering in construction

• Trust

• Openness

• Mutual support

• All of these

What can be said of partnering in construction

• It’s a specific type of contracting

• It’s a philosophy

• It can’t be achieved with certain contracts

• None of these

Partnering fosters the following mindset

• Win-lose

• Lose-win

• Win-lose-win

• Win-win