MCQ Questions
Q.1.
Demonstrating to others how a new product will be made, how new customers will be reached, or how you'll beat your competitors is most helpful for fostering innovation in which way?
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    innovative
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    Gaining allies by communicating your vision.
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    change agent.
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    changing
Q.2.
When a manager is trying to foster innovation, the first thing he or she should do is
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    Prevent failure at all cost.
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    Innovation can be systematized.
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    recognize problems and opportunities.
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    resistance to change.
Q.3.
Kotter's steps for change are valuable for managers who are attempting to bring it about because
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    recognize problems and opportunities.
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    True
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    Prevent failure at all cost.
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    they include specific recommendations for behaviors that managers need to exhibit.
Q.4.
Innovation that creates products, services, or technologies that replace existing ones is known as
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    resistance to change.
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    social pressures
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    medical-like
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    radical innovation.
Q.5.
Generating short-term wins in Kotter's organizational change model is one of the steps that is most like which part of Lewin's change model?
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    change agent.
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    changing
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    innovative
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    unfreezing
Q.6.
There has recently been a social media frenzy regarding the use of "pink slime" as a beef additive, though it has been used safely for many years. Several grocery chains discontinued selling products containing it as part of what type of a response?
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    social pressures
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    innovative
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    Reactive change
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    change agent.
Q.7.
An emotional or behavioral response to real or imagined threats to an established work routine is known as
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    medical-like
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    resistance to change.
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    radical innovation.
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    recognize problems and opportunities.
Q.8.
Which of the following are the forces for change originating inside the organization?
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    recognize problems and opportunities.
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    Employee problems and managers' behavior
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    Prevent failure at all cost.
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    poor timing
Q.9.
A consultant with a background in behavioral sciences who can be a catalyst in helping organizations deal with old problems in new ways is known as a(n)
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    changing
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    unfreezing
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    social pressures
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    change agent.
Q.10.
Organizational development managers and consultants follow a(n) ______ model.
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    radical innovation.
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    poor timing
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    resistance to change.
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    medical-like
Q.11.
Hubris or arrogance born of past success and denial of risk and peril moving forward are associated with radical innovation. (T/F?)
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    True
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    False