Organizational Politics Quiz Questions
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- 1.______ is usually exerted by using informal strategies such as persuasion or peer pressure.
- A.
Influence
- B.
Power
- C.
Politics
- D.
All of the above
- E.
None of the above
- 2.Lower status organizational members, when seeking organizational goals, try to influence higher status members through the use of _____.
- A.
Assertiveness
- B.
Sanctions
- C.
Upward appeals
- D.
Blocking
- E.
None of the above
- 3.Two main types of power are ____ and ____.
- A.
Organizational and individual
- B.
Organizational and coercive
- C.
Individual and coercive
- D.
Integration and organizational
- E.
None of the above
- 4.The source of power that comes from the formal authority that an individual possesses because of his or her position in the organization is referred to as ______.
- A.
Reward power
- B.
Legitimate power
- C.
Network centrality
- D.
Resource control
- E.
All of the above
- 5.All of the following are examples of empowerment except _____.
- A.
Expressing confidence
- B.
Giving direct orders
- C.
Involvement in decision making
- D.
Increasing autonomy
- E.
Expressing high standards
- 6.According to the text, how often is the use of power in organizations successful?
- A.
Almost always
- B.
Frequently
- C.
Sometimes
- D.
Less so snow than in the past
- E.
None of the above
- 7.All of the following are symbols of power in organizations except ____.
- A.
Office size
- B.
Job title
- C.
Difficulty to contact
- D.
Club memberships
- E.
Jet
- 8.Functional political behavior is the intersection between individual goals and ____.
- A.
Team goals
- B.
Individual interests
- C.
Organizational interests
- D.
Environmental pressures
- E.
Organizational goals
- 9.All of the following are ways to deal with organizational politics except ____.
- A.
Remove ambiguity
- B.
Remove uncertainty
- C.
Reward political skill
- D.
Provide slack resources
- E.
Create a positive organizational climate
- 10.A contingent view of power would argue that use of power varies as a function of_____.
- A.
Organizational size
- B.
Organizational age
- C.
Organizational purpose
- D.
Organizational mission
- E.
All of the above
- 11.The leader most likely to be supported by his/her followers is a/an _____ leader.
- A.
Appointed
- B.
Emergent
- C.
Autocratic
- D.
Laissez-faire
- E.
None of the above
- 12.Although leadership is difficult to define, most definitions include ____.
- A.
The number of subordinates
- B.
Number of promotions
- C.
Influence over others
- D.
Size of paycheck
- E.
All of the above
- 13.Effective leadership may depend on _____.
- A.
The leader's personality
- B.
The leader's behavioir
- C.
The situation
- D.
Assessment of the task
- E.
All of the above
- 14.The kind of leadership theory that would stress the selection of managers is _____.
- A.
Contingency theory
- B.
Behavioral style
- C.
Expectancy theory
- D.
Trait theory
- E.
None of the above
- 15.The kind of theory that would stress the TRAINING of managers is ______.
- A.
Behavioral style theory
- B.
Trait theory
- C.
Contingency theory
- D.
Expectancy theory
- E.
All of the above
- 16.According to Fiedler's Contingency Theory, effective leadership is ____.
- A.
A matter of leadership style
- B.
Dependant upon the leader's personality
- C.
Dependant on the appropriate administration of reward and punishment
- D.
A function of the characteristics of the leader and the situation
- E.
The situation
- 17.Which theory suggest that effective leaders increase their subordinates perceptions that effort leads to performance?
- A.
Vroom-Yetton model
- B.
Fiedler's Contingency Theory
- C.
Path-Goal Theory
- D.
None of the above
- E.
All of the above
- 18.The method based on a decision tree is _____.
- A.
Vroom-Yetton
- B.
Fiedler's Contingency Theory
- C.
Path-Goal Theory
- D.
Contextual Theory
- E.
Trait Theory
- 19.Which of the following leadership theories draws most heavily from the valence-instrumentality-expectancy (VIE) theory of motivation?
- A.
House's Path-Goal Thoery
- B.
The Vroom-Yetton Model
- C.
Fiedler's Contingency Theory
- D.
Black and Mouton's managerial Grid
- E.
None of the above
- 20.Leaders of the future will face increasingly ______ environments
- A.
Dynamic
- B.
Stable
- C.
Certain
- D.
Predictable
- E.
None of the above
- 21.Which of the following organizational theories includes the concept of transformation of input into products?
- A.
Bureaucraacy
- B.
Management theory
- C.
Open systems theory
- D.
Technology theory
- E.
None of the above
- 22._______ refers to the different thinking styles of managers in different functional parts of the organization.
- A.
Su-environment diversity
- B.
Managerial differentiation
- C.
Uncertainty
- D.
Slack resources
- E.
Complexity
- 23.Quality-of-work-life (QWL) programs ______.
- A.
Mark the second stage of the industrial revolution
- B.
Are more popular in the US than Europe
- C.
Increase productivity but not satsifaction
- D.
Depend on employee participation and involvement
- E.
None of the above
- 24.Which of the following is NOT part of the socialization process?
- A.
Employee selection
- B.
Mastery of skills
- C.
Feedback process
- D.
Positive interaction with superiors
- E.
All of the above
- 25.The first step in the organizational development (OD) process is _____.
- A.
Diagnosis
- B.
Unfreezing
- C.
Intervention
- D.
Refreezing
- E.
None of the above
- F.
None of the above
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