True/false questions
MenuItem 1: {Topic 17} Organisational change and development
Question 1: The textbook suggests that change is becoming more turbulent because organisations are transforming from open to closed systems in their environment.
True:
False*:
Feedback: Page 564
Difficulty: Medium
Question 2: The textbook identifies information technology and increased government regulation as two of the drivers for organisational change.
True:
False*:
Feedback: Pages 564–65
Difficulty: Medium
Question 3: Information technology forces corporate leaders to rethink how their organisations are configured.
True*:
False:
Feedback: Page 565
Difficulty: Easy
Question 4: Global competition has significantly reduced the number of mergers and acquisitions in recent years.
True:
False*:
Feedback: Page 565
Difficulty: Easy
Question 5: An increasingly educated workforce and changing cultural values in several countries have put pressure on corporate leaders to change work practices and leadership styles.
True*:
False:
Feedback: Pages 565–66
Difficulty: Easy
Question 6: Force field analysis determines the level of psychological compatibility among participants in sensitivity training and team-building programs.
True:
False*:
Feedback: Page 566
Difficulty: Medium
Question 7: In force field analysis, stability occurs when the driving forces and restraining forces are roughly of equal strength in opposite directions.
True*:
False:
Feedback: Pages 566–67
Difficulty: Medium
Question 8: In Lewin’s force field analysis model, refreezing involves producing a disequilibrium between the current and future state.
True:
False*:
Feedback: Pages 567–74
Difficulty: Easy
Question 9: In Lewin’s force field analysis model, refreezing occurs when the organisation’s systems and structures are aligned with the desired behaviours.
True*:
False:
Feedback: Pages 567–74
Difficulty:...