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Org System and Complexity

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 11mins

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Class
Date
1.

Adaptive strategy helps companies to:

a)

Limit rescheduling to the affected demands/resources

b)

Regularly update the forecasts

c)

Delay the implementation of new decisions to allow time for scheduling improvement

d)

Identify complex features of the environment

2.

What statement is INCORRECT about Systems thinking?

a)

Systems Thinking requires you to break things apart

b)

Systems Thinking is a way of thinking that connects everything

c)

With systems thinking, we study a situation, its structure, and look below the surface to understand the causes of the situations

d)

Systems thinking is a holistic way to investigate factors and interactions that could contribute to a possible outcome

3.

In order to increase the organization’s value, we have to give the priority to satisfied agents

a)

True

b)

False

4.

_____ is the criterion which occasionally causes butterfly effect.

a)

Nonequilibrium

b)

Co-evolution

c)

Emergence

d)

Non-linearity

5.

Which are NOT one of the 5 characteristics of learning organization?

a)

Systems Thinking

b)

Personal Mastery

c)

Mental Models

d)

Building Shared Organizations

6.

Which step is NOT in IFE Matrix development:

a)

Assign a weight that ranges from 0.0 (all- important) to 1.0 (not-important) to each factor

b)

List key internal factors as identified in the internal-audit process

c)

Multiply each factor’s weight by its rating

d)

Calculate the total weighted score for the organization.

7.

What method is commonly used to find the root of the cause?

a)

MAD

b)

5 Whys

c)

Work breakdown structure (WBS)

d)

MSE

8.

What is a Mental Model?

a)

Mental models are deeply ingrained fantasies, videos, or facts of how we see the world

b)

A blueprint for psychiatric facilities

c)

Mental models are deeply ingrained images, pictures, or assumptions of how we see the world.

d)

A mental disorder

9.

We can partition a complex system into a number of subsystems

a)

True

b)

False

10.

__________is a consequence of complexity and increases with complexity

a)

Uncertainty

b)

Adaptibility

c)

Autonomy

d)

Multi-Agent System

11.

A _____  system consists of a large number of diverse components, known as agents, which are richly interconnected

a)

Complicated

b)

Complex

c)

Interconnected

d)

Autonomy

12.

By using _____, the Internet-based reatailers can expose their goods and services to very large audiences and can invite them to review their offerings.

a)

The Wisdom of Crowds

b)

Economy of Attention

c)

Online education

d)

Shift from Capital to Knowledge

13.

Identification of sources of complexity enables us to measure complexity

a)

True

b)

False

14.

An agent is a software object capable of :

a)

Composing meaningful messages

b)

Allocates resources for suitable demands

c)

Helping company to tune internal complexity

d)

Minimizing enterprise cost and waste

15.

IFE Matrix is used to summarize and evaluate the major strengths and weaknesses in the functional areas of a business

a)

True

b)

False