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26 Cards in this Set
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What is a myth?
• A story behind the story • A gospel • A vison of the future |
A story behind the story
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Ceremonies serve four major roles. Below you will find three of the answers that are not correkt. Mark the right answer.
• They socialize, stabilize, reassure, and convey messages to external constituencies • They socialize, stabilize, reassure and assemble people with mutual interests • They reassure people with mutual interests and assemble people with mutual interests • They assemble people. socialize, stabilize and reassure people with different interests |
They socialize, stabilize, reassure, and convey messages to external constituencies
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What is a methaphor?
• A sort of mountain • An image in which we compress complicated issues • A mirage |
A mirage
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Mach and Olsen (1976) were ahead of their time i depicting meetings as..........
• gatherings • garbage cans • places for decision arenas • places where people are bringing problems they need to solve |
garbage cans
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In the 60ties, 70ties and 80ties Hofstede identified 4 variables that reliably differentiated mangers of various nations. These four are presented in the text book of B&D. Three of the alternatives below are incorrect, one is correct. Mark the latter.
• Uncertainty avoidance, collectivism, Masculinity/femininity, Extrovert/introvert • Uncertaincy avoidance, Individualism, Power distance, Masculinity/femininity • Uncertaincy avoidance, Individualism, Power distance, Extrovert/introvert • Uncertainty avoidance, collectivism, Power distance, Extrovert/introvert |
Uncertaincy avoidance, Individualism, Power distance, Masculinity/femininity
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In contrast to traditional views emphasizing rationality, the symbolic frame highlights the ...... aspect of contemporary organizations. Fill in the missing word.
• Human • Tribal • Systematic • Political |
Tribal
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Mangers can serve a deeper and durable function if they recognize that team building at its heart is a ......... undertaking. One alternative is correct.
• cultural • comprehensive • a spiritual |
a spiritual
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.................., as Di Maggio and Powell use the word, refers to processes that cause organizations to become more like other organizations, particularly members of the same "organizational field". Mark the correct word that is missing.
• Isomorphism • Endomorph • Mesomorph • Ectomorph |
Isomorphism
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In ....... .......... labor and management meet and confer to forge divisive standoffs into workable agreements.
• win win situation • collective meetings • collective bargaining • collective bargaining |
collective bargaining
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From a symbolic perspective organizations are judged as much on ............... as outcomes. Mark the correct answer below.
• social values • appearance • integrity |
appearance
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In the symbolic frame the word for leadership contribution is ....................... Mark the right word that is missing from the three alternative below.
• Love • Significance • Caring |
Significance
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Within the symbolic frame Cohen and March (1974) list four symbolic roles that plan play. Two of the three alternatives below are correct the third is wrong. Mark the latter.
• Plans are gatherings to promote participation • Plans become excuses for interaction • Plans become games |
Plans are gatherings to promote participation
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The symbolic frame forms an umbrella for ideas form several disciplines including ...................... Mark the correct alternative below:
• Social and cultural anthropology along with organization theory, sociology, political science an neurolingustic programming • Organization theory along with organization theory, psychology, sociology, political science an neurolingustic programming • Sociology along with psychology, organization theory, sociology, political science an neurolingustic programming • Psychology along with organization theory, sociology, political science an neurolingustic programming |
Social and cultural anthropology along with organization theory, sociology, political science an neurolingustic programming
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Myths operating at a mystical level, are.................. Mark the missing words.
• stories through the looking glass • the story behind the story • transmitting values • sharing knowledge |
the story behind the story
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What is a ritual? Mark the correct answer.
• An episodic routine imbued with special meaning • A frequent often every day routine imbued with special meaning • A both frequent and episodic routine imbued with special meaning • an episodic ceremony imbuded with special meaning |
A frequent often every day routine imbued with special meaning
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Methaphors, humor and play illustrate the important.......................... Mark the right alternative among the missing sentences below:
• "if ", "then" quality of symbols. "if ", "so" quality of symbols. • "what if", "suppose so" quality of symbols. • "as if", "suppose that" quality of symbols. |
"as if", "suppose that" quality of symbols.
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Consider the metaphor "aggregation of competing tribes" from the textbook that the mangers use to depict their present agency (company) situation and mark below what the authors suggest should be the right metaphor for what the agency might become.
• A well-oiled wheel • A championship team • A smooth-running machine • a symphony orchestra |
a symphony orchestra
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Organisations as cultures can be defined in a number of ways. The book mention Edgar Scheins and Deal and Kennedys definitions. Below you find the Deal and Kennedy definiton. Please mark the right definition alternative.
• A pattern of shared assumptions • A climate of artifacts and behaviour patterns • The way we do things around here • Values and behaviour patterns that are taught to new members as the correct way to perceive, think and feel |
The way we do things around here
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What is an alternative word for the organizational metaphor "Soul"
• The "driver of the organizational body" • The organizational culture • The organizational spirit • the organizational belief |
The organizational culture
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Peak performance emerges as a team discovers its......... Mark the missing word
• spirit • soul • relations • purpose |
soul
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According to William Robertson Davies (1970) " This is the Great Theatre of Life. Admission is free, but the .......... is mortal. You come when you can, and leave when you must. the show is .......... Which two words are missing?
• high, great • entry, continuous • entry, impressive • mortal, continuous |
mortal, continuous
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. Most of our organizational life is carefully ......, we play out our scenes in organizationally approved ....... ...... and play the game by acceptable roles of ........... Which four words are missing?
• documented, dress code, conduct • scripted, dress code, conduct • presented, dress code, conduct • scripted, dress code, behavior |
scripted, dress code, conduct
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Garbage can scripts are likely to play out in meetings dealing with ...................................................................... Part of the sentence is missing. Mark the right alternative below.
• emotionally charged, fully significant, or technically fuzzy issues. • cognitively charged, symbolically significant, or technically fuzzy issues. • emotionally charged, symbolically significant, or technically fuzzy issues. • emotionally charged, symbolically significant, or technically interesting issues. |
emotionally charged, symbolically significant, or technically fuzzy issues.
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Cohen and March (1974) list four symbolic roles that plan play. Three of the alternatives below are correct. Please mark the wrong one.
• Plans are symbols • Plans become games • Plans are activity lists of action • Plans become advertisements |
Plans are activity lists of action
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..... that do little to coordinate activity, and protocols that rarely achieve their intended outcomes still play a significant symbolic role. which word is missing?
• Leaders • Presentations • Meetings • Structures |
Structures
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With in the symbolic frame we commission a new play called................. Which word is missing?
• Perception • Commitment • Change • recast |
Change
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