Question 1

All of the following, except ____ are the domains of political activity.

Accepted Answer

A)   management succession
B)   expanded networks
C)   resource allocation
D)   structural change B

Question 2

Strategic contingencies refer to:

Accepted Answer

A)   events and activities that are essential for attaining organizational goals.
B)   environmental factors which have an indirect influence on goal attainment.
C)   alternate strategic plans to cope with possible environmental changes.
D)   competitors who may damage corporate standing. A

Question 3

Which of the following means that a department's function cannot be performed by other readily available resources?

Accepted Answer

A)   Coping with uncertainty
B)   Financial resources
C)   Dependency
D)   Nonsubstitutability D

Question 4

Legitimate power comes from:

Accepted Answer

A)   the positions in the organizations.
B)   skill and knowledge.
C)   personal characteristics.
D)   resources controlled by managers.

Question 5

In distinguishing between power and authority, we learned that power is:

Accepted Answer

A)   vested in people.
B)   possibly exercised upward, downward, and horizontally.
C)   flowing down the vertical hierarchy.
D)   more narrow in scope than authority.

Question 6

Middle managers and lower-level employees do not have access to information that would increase their power.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

Which of the following is not a tactic for enhancing collaboation?

Accepted Answer

A)   Schedule intergroup consultation
B)   Create integration devices
C)   Avoid confrontation
D)   Practice member rotation

Question 8

Being centrally located in the organization and having access to information and people that are critical to the company's success is referred to as:

Accepted Answer

A)   decision premises.
B)   strategic contingencies.
C)   network centrality.
D)   power sources.

Question 9

Which of the following is a political tactic for increasing power?

Accepted Answer

A)   Creating dependencies
B)   Satisfying strategic contingencies
C)   Providing resources
D)   All of these

Question 10

Empowerment is power sharing, the delegation of power or authority to subordinates in an organization.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

Explain the five sources of personal power and provide an example of each.

Accepted Answer

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Question 12

The win-win strategy of negotiation:

Accepted Answer

A)   avoids confrontation.
B)   finds creative agreements that satisfy both groups.
C)   encourages each group to pursue their own outcomes.
D)   communicates a high commitment regarding one's position.

Question 13

Absorption occurs when a department takes action after an event to reduce its negative consequences.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

Describe the conditions under which a rational model of behavior could be operative. How does the rational model compare to the political model?

Accepted Answer

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Question 15

What is empowerment? Describe the three elements that enable empowered employees to act more freely to accomplish their jobs.

Accepted Answer

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Question 16

Attributes identified in our text as generating intergroup conflict include all of the following except:

Accepted Answer

A)   differentiation.
B)   task interdependence.
C)   goal incompatibility.
D)   personality.

Question 17

When faced with uncertainty, some departments end up losing power, and others end up gaining power. What makes the difference? What are the actions and techniques of those departments that end up gaining power?

Accepted Answer

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Question 18

In most organizations, are decisions more likely to be made using the rational or political model of organization? Explain and defend your position.

Accepted Answer

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Question 19

Empployees at Brazil-based company Seneco are permitted to control their work hours, location, and even pay plans. Employees also participate in all organization decisions, including what businesses Semco should pursue. Employees at Seneco are _____.

Accepted Answer

A)   dependent
B)   rational
C)   decentralized
D)   empowered

Question 20

One of the three primary domains of political activity is structural change.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Exam 13: Conflict, Power, and Politics

All of the following, except ____ are the domains of political activity.

Strategic contingencies refer to:

Which of the following means that a department's function cannot be performed by other readily available resources?

Legitimate power comes from:

In distinguishing between power and authority, we learned that power is:

Middle managers and lower-level employees do not have access to information that would increase their power.

Which of the following is not a tactic for enhancing collaboation?

Being centrally located in the organization and having access to information and people that are critical to the company's success is referred to as:

Which of the following is a political tactic for increasing power?

Empowerment is power sharing, the delegation of power or authority to subordinates in an organization.

Explain the five sources of personal power and provide an example of each.

The win-win strategy of negotiation:

Absorption occurs when a department takes action after an event to reduce its negative consequences.

Describe the conditions under which a rational model of behavior could be operative. How does the rational model compare to the political model?

What is empowerment? Describe the three elements that enable empowered employees to act more freely to accomplish their jobs.

Attributes identified in our text as generating intergroup conflict include all of the following except:

When faced with uncertainty, some departments end up losing power, and others end up gaining power. What makes the difference? What are the actions and techniques of those departments that end up gaining power?

In most organizations, are decisions more likely to be made using the rational or political model of organization? Explain and defend your position.

Empployees at Brazil-based company Seneco are permitted to control their work hours, location, and even pay plans. Employees also participate in all organization decisions, including what businesses Semco should pursue. Employees at Seneco are _____.

One of the three primary domains of political activity is structural change.