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Q1. A(n) ________ is a popular belief or story that has become associated with a

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Q1. A(n) ________ is a popular belief or story that has become associated with a person or institution that is considered to illustrate an organization culture idea.
    a. Value
    b. Organizational myth
    c. Culture
    d. Organizational saga

Q2. The ________ dimension of organization culture is an element of organization culture that focuses on making sure that a product, in the opinion of the customer, does what it is supposed to do.
    a. Spirituality
    b. Ethics
    c. Innovation
    d. Quality

Q3. Healthy organization culture is usually process oriented.
    a. true
    b. false

Q4. Appropriate performance behavior needs to be reinforced and rewarded.
    a. true
    b. false

Q5. Providing initial work experience is the first step in the organizational socialization process.
    a. true
    b. false

Q6. The purpose of an organizational saga is to identify and perpetuate the organization's shared values.
    a. true
    b. false

Q7. Understanding and managing organization culture is less important now than it has traditionally been in the past.
    a. true
    b. false

Q8. Certain employees tend to be more valuable than others to the organization with respect to talent.
    a. true
    b. false

Q9. ________ represents the shared values about organizational functions held by the majority of organizational members.
    a. Dominant organizational culture
    b. A code of conduct
    c. Organizational sub-culture
    d. Organizational culture

Q10. ________ are the beliefs of a person or a social group in which they have an emotional interest.
    a. Values
    b. Myths
    c. Norms
    d. Cultures

Q11. Hierarchy culture is an organizational culture characterized that reflects values that emphasize stability and control along with an external focus.
    a. true
    b. false

Q12. General Electric is often used as an example of a company with a clan culture.
    a. true
    b. false

Q13. People tend to be more creative when they are under intense time pressure on a regular basis.
    a. true
    b. false

Q14. TQM was begun in the United States.
    a. true
    b. false

Q15. W. Edwards Deming is recognized internationally as a primary contributor to Japanese quality improvement programs.
    a. true
    b. false

Q16. The most widely known award for quality in the U. S. is the ________ Award.
    a. Deming
    b. Johnson and Johnson
    c. TQM
    d. Baldridge
    e. Continuous Improvement

Q17. ________ is defined as how well a product does what it is supposed to do.
    a. Effectiveness
    b. Innovation
    c. Efficiency
    d. Quality
    e. creativity

Q18. According to the research of Jena McGregor, ________ is the world's most innovative company.
    a. Google
    b. General Electric
    c. Toyota
    d. Apple

Q19. Identifying job candidates who are creative and hiring them is one of the most easily implemented strategies for increasing organizational creativity.
    a. true
    b. false

Q20. Putting a new idea to use by customers takes place in the ________ step of the innovation process.
    a. diffusing
    b. developing
    c. monitoring
    d. inventing
    e. integrating

Q21. Philip Crosby is known throughout the world as an expert in the area of quality and is considered a pioneer of the quality movement in the United States.
    a. true
    b. false

Q22. Making an idea practical takes place in the ________ step of the innovation process.
    a. monitoring
    b. diffusing
    c. developing
    d. inventing
    e. integrating

Q23. The two approaches that may be taken to improve quality are the ________ and ________ approaches.
    a. Baldridge, Deming
    b. innovation, creativity
    c. evolutionary, revolutionary
    d. efficiency, effectiveness
    e. reengineering, incremental improvement

Q24. Coca-Cola is a company that has often been cited for creating systems that support the creativity of the company's employees.
    a. true
    b. false

Q25. Creativity involves seeing issues from different angles and breaking away from old rules and norms.
    a. true
    b. false

Q26. The process of developing information begins with gathering some type of facts or statistics.
    a. true
    b. false

Q27. Personal power is the power derived from a manager's relationships with others.
    a. true
    b. false

Q28. The value of information is defined in terms of the benefit that can accrue to the organization through its use.
    a. true
    b. false

Q29. The first major step in evaluating organizational information is to ascertain the value of that information.
    a. true
    b. false

Q30. For top managers, the most appropriate information is information about the production of goods, supply budgets, estimates of resource requirements, and the movement and storage of materials.
    a. true
    b. false

Q31. Operating plans and policies would be appropriate information for a ________.
    a. First line manager
    b. VP
    c. President
    d. Middle manager

Q32. Units of measure for janitorial performance should be dollars of profit for the organization in a given quarter.
    a. true
    b. false

Q33. Corrective action focuses on correcting organizational mistakes that are hindering organizational performance.
    a. true
    b. false

Q34. Generally, as the appropriateness of information increases, so does the value of that information.
    a. true
    b. false

Q35. Factors within an organization that are barriers to organizational goal attainment are problems.
    a. true
    b. false

Q36. A manager can increase his or her personal power by developing a sense of obligation toward the manager.
    a. true
    b. false

Q37. After you compare measurement to a standard, you need to modify the performance level to be better than the standard.
    a. true
    b. false

Q38. So far, the United States appears to be doing the best job in the world of making optimal use of company resources through automation.
    a. true
    b. false

Q39. Efficiency is doing the right things.
    a. true
    b. false

Q40. What activity determines the flow of material from vendors through an operations system to customers?
    a. zero-based budgeting
    b. materials control
    c. inventory turnover
    d. cost control
    e. ratio analysis

Q41. Deming's flow diagram for improving product quality has a clear beginning and ending point.
    a. true
    b. false

Q42. Quality circles are small groups of workers that meet to discuss the quality assurance of a particular project and then develop a plan for changing the system to improve quality.
    a. true
    b. false

Q43. If management by exception is appropriately administered, the technique ensures the best use of managers' time.
    a. true
    b. false

Q44. Break-even analysis is a control tool that summarizes the various levels of profit or loss associated with various levels of production.
    a. true
    b. false

Q45. Deming believes if you want good quality, you hire many inspectors to ensure the operation is producing at the desired quality level.
    a. true
    b. false

Q46. Operations management is the performance of managerial activities entailed in selecting, designing, operating, controlling and updating production systems.
    a. true
    b. false

Q47. Cost control is broad control aimed at keeping organizational costs at planned levels.
    a. true
    b. false

Q48. Production is the transformation of organizational resources into products.
    a. true
    b. false

Q49. A product layout is a layout pattern based primarily on grouping together similar types of equipment.
    a. true
    b. false

Q50. Measuring actual costs incurred is the first stage of the cost control process.
    a. true
    b. false Q1. A(n) ________ is a popular belief or story that has become associated with a person or institution that is considered to illustrate an organization culture idea.
    a. Value
    b. Organizational myth
    c. Culture
    d. Organizational saga

Q2. The ________ dimension of organization culture is an element of organization culture that focuses on making sure that a product, in the opinion of the customer, does what it is supposed to do.
    a. Spirituality
    b. Ethics
    c. Innovation
    d. Quality

Q3. Healthy organization culture is usually process oriented.
    a. true
    b. false

Q4. Appropriate performance behavior needs to be reinforced and rewarded.
    a. true
    b. false

Q5. Providing initial work experience is the first step in the organizational socialization process.
    a. true
    b. false

Q6. The purpose of an organizational saga is to identify and perpetuate the organization's shared values.
    a. true
    b. false

Q7. Understanding and managing organization culture is less important now than it has traditionally been in the past.
    a. true
    b. false

Q8. Certain employees tend to be more valuable than others to the organization with respect to talent.
    a. true
    b. false

Q9. ________ represents the shared values about organizational functions held by the majority of organizational members.
    a. Dominant organizational culture
    b. A code of conduct
    c. Organizational sub-culture
    d. Organizational culture

Q10. ________ are the beliefs of a person or a social group in which they have an emotional interest.
    a. Values
    b. Myths
    c. Norms
    d. Cultures

Q11. Hierarchy culture is an organizational culture characterized that reflects values that emphasize stability and control along with an external focus.
    a. true
    b. false

Q12. General Electric is often used as an example of a company with a clan culture.
    a. true
    b. false

Q13. People tend to be more creative when they are under intense time pressure on a regular basis.
    a. true
    b. false

Q14. TQM was begun in the United States.
    a. true
    b. false

Q15. W. Edwards Deming is recognized internationally as a primary contributor to Japanese quality improvement programs.
    a. true
    b. false

Q16. The most widely known award for quality in the U. S. is the ________ Award.
    a. Deming
    b. Johnson and Johnson
    c. TQM
    d. Baldridge
    e. Continuous Improvement

Q17. ________ is defined as how well a product does what it is supposed to do.
    a. Effectiveness
    b. Innovation
    c. Efficiency
    d. Quality
    e. creativity

Q18. According to the research of Jena McGregor, ________ is the world's most innovative company.
    a. Google
    b. General Electric
    c. Toyota
    d. Apple

Q19. Identifying job candidates who are creative and hiring them is one of the most easily implemented strategies for increasing organizational creativity.
    a. true
    b. false

Q20. Putting a new idea to use by customers takes place in the ________ step of the innovation process.
    a. diffusing
    b. developing
    c. monitoring
    d. inventing
    e. integrating

Q21. Philip Crosby is known throughout the world as an expert in the area of quality and is considered a pioneer of the quality movement in the United States.
    a. true
    b. false

Q22. Making an idea practical takes place in the ________ step of the innovation process.
    a. monitoring
    b. diffusing
    c. developing
    d. inventing
    e. integrating

Q23. The two approaches that may be taken to improve quality are the ________ and ________ approaches.
    a. Baldridge, Deming
    b. innovation, creativity
    c. evolutionary, revolutionary
    d. efficiency, effectiveness
    e. reengineering, incremental improvement

Q24. Coca-Cola is a company that has often been cited for creating systems that support the creativity of the company's employees.
    a. true
    b. false

Q25. Creativity involves seeing issues from different angles and breaking away from old rules and norms.
    a. true
    b. false

Q26. The process of developing information begins with gathering some type of facts or statistics.
    a. true
    b. false

Q27. Personal power is the power derived from a manager's relationships with others.
    a. true
    b. false

Q28. The value of information is defined in terms of the benefit that can accrue to the organization through its use.
    a. true
    b. false

Q29. The first major step in evaluating organizational information is to ascertain the value of that information.
    a. true
    b. false

Q30. For top managers, the most appropriate information is information about the production of goods, supply budgets, estimates of resource requirements, and the movement and storage of materials.
    a. true
    b. false

Q31. Operating plans and policies would be appropriate information for a ________.
    a. First line manager
    b. VP
    c. President
    d. Middle manager

Q32. Units of measure for janitorial performance should be dollars of profit for the organization in a given quarter.
    a. true
    b. false

Q33. Corrective action focuses on correcting organizational mistakes that are hindering organizational performance.
    a. true
    b. false

Q34. Generally, as the appropriateness of information increases, so does the value of that information.
    a. true
    b. false

Q35. Factors within an organization that are barriers to organizational goal attainment are problems.
    a. true
    b. false

Q36. A manager can increase his or her personal power by developing a sense of obligation toward the manager.
    a. true
    b. false

Q37. After you compare measurement to a standard, you need to modify the performance level to be better than the standard.
    a. true
    b. false

Q38. So far, the United States appears to be doing the best job in the world of making optimal use of company resources through automation.
    a. true
    b. false

Q39. Efficiency is doing the right things.
    a. true
    b. false

Q40. What activity determines the flow of material from vendors through an operations system to customers?
    a. zero-based budgeting
    b. materials control
    c. inventory turnover
    d. cost control
    e. ratio analysis

Q41. Deming's flow diagram for improving product quality has a clear beginning and ending point.
    a. true
    b. false

Q42. Quality circles are small groups of workers that meet to discuss the quality assurance of a particular project and then develop a plan for changing the system to improve quality.
    a. true
    b. false

Q43. If management by exception is appropriately administered, the technique ensures the best use of managers' time.
    a. true
    b. false

Q44. Break-even analysis is a control tool that summarizes the various levels of profit or loss associated with various levels of production.
    a. true
    b. false

Q45. Deming believes if you want good quality, you hire many inspectors to ensure the operation is producing at the desired quality level.
    a. true
    b. false

Q46. Operations management is the performance of managerial activities entailed in selecting, designing, operating, controlling and updating production systems.
    a. true
    b. false

Q47. Cost control is broad control aimed at keeping organizational costs at planned levels.
    a. true
    b. false

Q48. Production is the transformation of organizational resources into products.
    a. true
    b. false

Q49. A product layout is a layout pattern based primarily on grouping together similar types of equipment.
    a. true
    b. false

Q50. Measuring actual costs incurred is the first stage of the cost control process.
    a. true
    b. false

Explanation / Answer

Q1. A (n) ________ is a popular belief or story that has become associated with a person or institution that is considered to illustrate an organization culture idea.
    a. Value
    b. Organizational myth
    c. Culture
    d. Organizational saga

Ans.: a. Value

An organization’s cultural idea is built upon the values and beliefs of the people of the organization. The value system of the employees defines the organization’s cultural mindset, acceptable way of communication, ethics, etc. Hence, value is the story which when associated with a person or institution demonstrates organization’s cultural ideology.

Q2. The ________ dimension of organization culture is an element of organization culture that focuses on making sure that a product, in the opinion of the customer, does what it is supposed to do.
    a. Spirituality
    b. Ethics
    c. Innovation
    d. Quality

Ans.: b. Ethics

Organizational Ethics defines what is right and what is wrong for the conduct of the employees and for the organization as a whole. Hence, making sure the customer gets a product with features or uses as promised by the organization is an ethical decision for the organization.

Q3. Healthy organization culture is usually process oriented.
    a. true
    b. false
Ans.: b. False.

A process oriented organization culture focuses on processes rather than functions, and hence performance criteria are also focused on the success of business processes. Process oriented organization does not necessarily imply towards a healthy organization culture. An healthy organization culture includes many factors like open communication, good team work, cohesiveness, etc., but process orientation does help in building company’s organization culture more adapt to change but does not necessarily ensure healthy culture.

Q4. Appropriate performance behaviour needs to be reinforced and rewarded.
    a. true
    b. false

Ans.: a. True

Positive reinforcement and rewarding appropriate performance motivates the employees to achieve the desired level of performance in the future also. Hence, good performance should be reinforced and rewarded to motivate the employee to work harder for achieving high performance levels.