Seçmeli Ara Sınav - Organızatıonal Theory & Design

Soru 1:

Which of the following contributed to the organizational theory by suggesting that the achievement of production efficiency came as a result of cooperation?

A) F. Taylor B) H. Fayol C) M. Weber D) A. Smith E) K. Marx

Soru 2:

Which of the following is the definition of "A focus business-level strategy"?

A) The strategy would put all their efforts and resources to serve a narrow segment of a market well. B) The strategy would position a firm in an industry to outperform its competitors. C) A firm chooses to produce for a customer group who wants unique or differentiated products by using the strategy. D) The strategy is to gain competitive advantage within its industry by working with, rather than against, other competitors. E) A firm can choose to produce lower priced products and services using the strategy

Soru 3:

According to Blau and Scott, which organization type has a high failure rate?

A) Mutual Benefit Organization B) Business Organization C) Service Organization D) Commonwealth Organization E) Scientific Organization

Soru 4:

Which of the following strategy is adopted when a firm keeps costs low compared to competitors to gain market share?

A) Cost leadership strategy B) Business level strategy C) Functional level Strategy D) Focus strategy E) Corporate level strategy

Soru 5:

The emphasis on the informal aspects of organizations Tackling the structural and physical design of organizations Examining human behavior, human relations, motivation, managerial change, and development Taking the relationship of organizations with their environment into consideration Considering the organization as an open system Which of above are the basic contributions of the behavioral school to the classical management theory?

A) I and II B) II and III C) I and III D) II and IV E) IV and V

Soru 6:

Which of the following is not among the structural arrangements that can be employed to resolve coordination problems?

A) Usage of information systems B) Making permanent contracts with the clients C) Direct contact with the managers of relevant units D) Establishment of cross departmental temporal task forces E) Conversion to a team based structure

Soru 7:

Who is the author of the book "Organizations in Action"?

A) James Thompson B) Frederick WinslowTaylor C) Henry Gantt D) Henri Fayol E) James Mooney

Soru 8:

Which of the following is NOT among the strategies to manage dependency relations with the actors in the exAcquisition of suppliers external environments?

A) Acquisition of suppliers B) Interlocking directorates C) Founding joint ventures with the critical firms D) Shrinking E) Lobbying

Soru 9:

Who would use a survey and a questionnaire as a method to change the working conditions and the productivity of the employees in an organization?

A) Frederick Winslow Taylor B) Elton Mayo C) Henry Gantt D) Lillian Gilbert E) James Mooney

Soru 10:

Which of the following is one of the contextual dimensions of an organizational design?

A) Formalization B) Specialization C) The hierarchy of authority D) Technology E) Personnel ratios

Soru 11:

Which of the following is true about organisational form?

A) It refers to informal structure. B) It doesn’t refer to technology C) It is not a normative order D) It refers to marketing strategies E) It refers to goals

Soru 12:

Which of the following is the definition of "mission"?

A) an organization’s reason for existence, its value and beliefs, and what it should be doing B) an organization’s basic long-term goals and objectives; including courses of action and allocation of resources in order to reach those goals C) a firm’s ability to generate superior economic performance and outperform its competitor because managers are able to create more value and meet customer needs in the marketplace D) unique skills, knowledge, and abilities of managers and employees in value-creating activities E) an organization’s ability to coordinate and direct its specialized resources to create the most value such as effective control systems and adaptable and open organizational culture

Soru 13:

I. Functional resources II. Coordination ability III. Organizational Resources Which one(s) above is/are regarded as specialized resources of core competencies?

A) Only I B) Only II C) Only III D) I-II E) I-III

Soru 14:

Which of the following corresponds to the definition of environmental complexity?

A) It refers to low-density relations that an organisation has with its environment. B) It refers to the number of factors surrounding an organisation. C) It refers to the number of dissimilar factors around an organisation. D) It is the sum number of sectors an organisation has to interact with. E) It refers to the number and degree of dissimilarity among the factors surrounding an organisation.

Soru 15:

According to Blau and Scott, which organization type is inclined to have conflicts?

A) Mutual Benefit Organization B) Business Organization C) Service Organization D) Commonwealth Organization E) Scientific Organization

Soru 16:

Considering the Sources of Functional-Level Strategy Advantages, which of the following function has the "Business processes automation" in terms of Sources of Cost Leadership Advantages?

A) Production B) Marketing and Sales C) R&D D) Information Systems E) None of them

Soru 17:

"Organizations are complex, non-linear, self-organizing systems characterized by contradiction. Chaos and complexity theory explains this perspective." Which of the following metaphors is defined above?

A) Organizations as Cultures B) Organizations as Political Systems C) Organizations as Psychic Prisons D) Organizations as Instruments of Domination E) Organizations as Flux and Transformation

Soru 18:

Which of the following matches is true?

A) The Balanced Scorecard Approach — Kaplan and Norton B) The Competing Value Approach — Bartlett & Ghoshal C) The Internal Process Approach — Quinn & Rohrbaugh D) The goal Approach— Kaplan and Norton E) The External Resource Approach — Bartlett & Ghoshal

Soru 19:

Which of the following is NOT true about low-moderate environments?

A) Formal B) Many departments, some boundary spanning C) Extensive planning D) Centralized E) Moderate speed response

Soru 20:

If an organization wants to gain competitive advantage within its industry by working with, rather than against, others, which strategy does it pursue?

A) Cooperative business strategy B) Focus business-level strategy C) Competitive business strategy D) Low-cost business-level strategy E) Differentiation business-level strategy