Final Sınavı - Organızatıonal Theory & Design

Soru 1:

What kind of product innovation is involved in "redesigning an automobile model"?

A) Process innovation B) Routine innovation C) Radical innovation D) Disruptive innovation E) Architectural innovation

Soru 2:

Which of the following is true about the behavioral school theory?

A) Behavioral school suggests that if expanding and growing organizations do not desire to turn out to be inadequate, they must adhere to the ideal bureaucracy structure. B) The basic contribution of it is the emphasis on the informal aspects of organizations. C) The focus of this school is on the structure and physical design of organizations. D) The role of a manager is to plan and organize the work, while the role of a worker is to fulfill the duties successfully assigned to him/her. E) This school determined the management functions such as planning, organization, chain of command, coordination, and control that are still valid and important to this day.

Soru 3:

The central mechanism of implementation is exploitation. Which below does exploitation not contain?

A) Refinement B) Choice C) Production D) Efficiency E) Exploration

Soru 4:

What can be defined as the implementation of a new or significantly improved product (good or service), or process or a new organizational method?

A) Innovation B) Architectural innovation C) Routine (incremental) innovation D) Routine (incremental) innovation E) Disruptive innovation

Soru 5:

What is the rational decision-making approach mostly criticised for?

A) For being unrealistic B) For being unfair C) For being too strict D) For being against human rights E) For not having standards

Soru 6:

What is "the information necessary to achieve a certain production outcome from a particular means of combining or processing selected inputs which include production processes, intra-firm organizational structures, management techniques, and means of finance, marketing methods or any of its combination"?

A) Technique B) Management C) Technology D) Material E) Design

Soru 7:

Which of the following is NOT an example of artifacts in an organizational culture?

A) The furnishing, architecture and decor B) The nicknames, names and jargon C) The number of stakeholders D) The jokes and humour E) Rewards and punishments

Soru 8:

Which one below is not among the first reasons behind the rise of organizational culture as a concept for understanding organizations in 90s ?

A) Individualism and alienation B) Technically advanced production and the rise of service industry C) Machine bureaucracy's becoming less useful in managing people D) Innovative production techniques E) İncrease in cultural exchange among nations

Soru 9:

What type of innovation is exemplifies in the description below? A watch is basically used to check time. However, with its new models like Apple Watch, it seems to be reinvented with the integration of novel technology, which makes it more than a watch.

A) Disruptive innovation B) Incremental innovation C) Radical innovation D) Routine innovation E) Architectural innovation

Soru 10:

I. Factor conditions II. Demand conditions III. Supply conditions IV. Firm strategy, structure, and rivalry Which of the factors above are described as attributes that can lead to national competitive advantage by Porter?

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

Soru 11:

What type of technique to deal with resistance to organizational change is described below? * using threats like firing them, stoping promotions or a pay cut in salary * forcing the resisters to apply what is required

A) Coercion B) Manipulation C) Negotiation D) Facilitation E) Communication

Soru 12:

_________________ means that if you also have proofs that prove the truth of the idea against your own idea, you still insist on the accuracy of your own idea. Complete the definition above with the right element that has impact on the decision.

A) Overconfidence B) Hindsight Bias C) Anchoring bias D) Confirmation Bias E) Escalation of Commitment

Soru 13:

Which concept refers to changing the hardware of the work and skills and knowledge of employeed?

A) Cultural change B) Structural change C) Strategic change D) Organizational change E) Technological change

Soru 14:

What does structural inertia mean according to Hannan and and Freeman?

A) Organisations are fast to respond to environmental changes. B) Big and old organisations are better at meeting environmental demands. C) Organisations become indifferent to external changes. D) New organisations are always the best to adapt to environmental changes. E) Old and small scale organisations are slow in responding to environmental changes.

Soru 15:

Which of the following is suggested by the Carnegie Model?

A) Information is available. B) Decision making is costless. C) A limited range of alternatives is generated. D) Solution is chosen by unanimous agreement. E) Solution chosen is best for the organization.

Soru 16:

Which type of organizational change includes a repetitive sequence of goal formulation, implementation, evaluation, and modification of a pictured end state, and is rapid and dramatic?

A) Strategic change B) Planned change C) Prescribed change D) Structural change E) Cultural change

Soru 17:

What kind of product innovation is involved in "adding an extra blade with each new version of the razor"?

A) Process innovation B) Routine innovation C) Radical innovation D) Disruptive innovation E) Architectural innovation

Soru 18:

Which of the following is defined as "any cooperative efforts of two or more organizations to achieve strategic objectives of developing, producing or selling products or services"?

A) differentiation business-level strategy B) cooperative business strategy C) strategic alliance D) competitive business strategy E) focus business-level strategy

Soru 19:

In Carnegie decision model, what does " an alternative production made with limited information just to find solutions for the problems" mean?

A) Rational B) Coalition C) Bounded D) Anarchy E) Satisficing

Soru 20:

Read the following commercial of a paper company: "Our company leads the integration of bio and forest industries. Our constant aim is to produce more with less. This is what Biofore stands for. Paper is a true Biofore product: made of renewable and recyclable raw material, it remains sustainable throughout its whole lifecycle." Which one of the following is this company careful about?

A) Globalization B) Intense competition C) Digitalization D) Social responsibility E) Innovation