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What is one primary reason for organizations to collaborate with others?
What is one primary reason for organizations to collaborate with others?
How does branding primarily benefit an organization?
How does branding primarily benefit an organization?
What is a potential downside of forcing all employees to use one communication style?
What is a potential downside of forcing all employees to use one communication style?
What does meta-communication primarily focus on?
What does meta-communication primarily focus on?
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What is the concept of a boundary spanner in an organization?
What is the concept of a boundary spanner in an organization?
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Which statement best describes polyphonic communication?
Which statement best describes polyphonic communication?
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What does the term 'knowledge' refer to in this context?
What does the term 'knowledge' refer to in this context?
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Which of the following describes reciprocity in organizational collaboration?
Which of the following describes reciprocity in organizational collaboration?
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What does factor analysis primarily aim to identify?
What does factor analysis primarily aim to identify?
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Which of the following traits is associated with the Big 5 dimension of openness?
Which of the following traits is associated with the Big 5 dimension of openness?
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What characterizes the concept of reciprocal determinism?
What characterizes the concept of reciprocal determinism?
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What distinguishes internal locus of control from external locus of control?
What distinguishes internal locus of control from external locus of control?
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What is a primary focus of positive psychology?
What is a primary focus of positive psychology?
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How can focalism negatively affect decision-making?
How can focalism negatively affect decision-making?
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What is the essence of authority within an organization?
What is the essence of authority within an organization?
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What is the primary significance of the #MeToo movement in organizational contexts?
What is the primary significance of the #MeToo movement in organizational contexts?
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What is an essential characteristic of a team that replaces a supervisor?
What is an essential characteristic of a team that replaces a supervisor?
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Which decision-making scenario exemplifies programmed decisions?
Which decision-making scenario exemplifies programmed decisions?
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What term refers to the limitations in decision-making that must be acknowledged?
What term refers to the limitations in decision-making that must be acknowledged?
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Which approach represents the concept of muddling through in decision making?
Which approach represents the concept of muddling through in decision making?
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What is the focus of positive ethical power in the context of organizational change?
What is the focus of positive ethical power in the context of organizational change?
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Which option best describes non-programmed decisions?
Which option best describes non-programmed decisions?
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What is meant by incremental decision-making?
What is meant by incremental decision-making?
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What happens to self-regulated behavior in the context of COVID-19?
What happens to self-regulated behavior in the context of COVID-19?
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What is the first step in the change process described in the unfreezing, moving, and freezing model?
What is the first step in the change process described in the unfreezing, moving, and freezing model?
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Which type of change is characterized by growth or aging processes?
Which type of change is characterized by growth or aging processes?
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What component of the 5M framework emphasizes the importance of engaging important stakeholders?
What component of the 5M framework emphasizes the importance of engaging important stakeholders?
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Which practice is likely to destroy an organization according to the sustaining routines content?
Which practice is likely to destroy an organization according to the sustaining routines content?
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What does corporate social responsibility (CSR) entail?
What does corporate social responsibility (CSR) entail?
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Which statement reflects the notion that equilibrium in an organization can lead to stagnation?
Which statement reflects the notion that equilibrium in an organization can lead to stagnation?
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What is a key characteristic of dialectical change?
What is a key characteristic of dialectical change?
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Which of the following options would likely NOT help in generating systemic change?
Which of the following options would likely NOT help in generating systemic change?
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What does Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) primarily aim to improve?
What does Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) primarily aim to improve?
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At which level of analysis does an organization consider the legal accountability of its actions?
At which level of analysis does an organization consider the legal accountability of its actions?
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According to neoclassical economists, what is the primary obligation of a business?
According to neoclassical economists, what is the primary obligation of a business?
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Who can be considered a relevant stakeholder in an organization's activities?
Who can be considered a relevant stakeholder in an organization's activities?
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What aspect does ‘thinking paradoxically’ in CSR emphasize?
What aspect does ‘thinking paradoxically’ in CSR emphasize?
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In which countries is corporatism and the rhetoric of CSR increasingly seen as mandatory?
In which countries is corporatism and the rhetoric of CSR increasingly seen as mandatory?
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Which stakeholder group is likely to have the most immediate impact on a business's day-to-day operations?
Which stakeholder group is likely to have the most immediate impact on a business's day-to-day operations?
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What is the primary focus of CSR as it relates to sustainable development goals?
What is the primary focus of CSR as it relates to sustainable development goals?
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What is the concept of the 'triple bottom line' in CSR?
What is the concept of the 'triple bottom line' in CSR?
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Which aspect is NOT included in the factors for a successful green learning organization?
Which aspect is NOT included in the factors for a successful green learning organization?
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How are animals and plants considered stakeholders in CSR?
How are animals and plants considered stakeholders in CSR?
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What does corporate greening primarily involve?
What does corporate greening primarily involve?
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Which of the following represents a misconception about stakeholder management?
Which of the following represents a misconception about stakeholder management?
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What is an essential component of nurturing ecological wisdom within organizations?
What is an essential component of nurturing ecological wisdom within organizations?
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Which of the following is NOT a focus of building green learning organizations?
Which of the following is NOT a focus of building green learning organizations?
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What is a primary goal of stakeholder management in CSR?
What is a primary goal of stakeholder management in CSR?
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Study Notes
Chapter 1 - Managing and Organisations
- Organisations are purposive, goal-oriented instruments designed to achieve specific objectives
- Managing involves leading to achieve organisational objectives (missions, visions, etc.)
- Sensemaking (SM) is a process where individuals and groups create meaning, especially for novel events. It involves ongoing, retrospective examination, plausibility, use of images, rationalization, and acknowledging the role of people
- Framing involves selecting relevant information and making sense of it. Leaders frame the sense-making of others to recruit and enroll them.
- Sensebreaking occurs when members disrupt existing sense-making and propose alternatives.
- Sensegiving aims to influence the sense-making of others, framing perceptions to align with a preferred perspective. Emotional responses are important for sense-giving.
- Managerialism is the belief that managerial competence justifies decision-making power conferred through education.
Chapter 2 - Managing Individuals
- Organisational behaviour (OB) studies human behaviour in organisations, encompassing a group, organisational and individual level of analysis.
- Nature vs. Nurture debate examines the relative influence of genetics (nature) and environment (nurture) on behaviour.
- Selfish gene/Survival of the fittest theory proposes that competition is fundamental to survival.
- Perception is the process of receiving, attending to, processing, storing, and using stimuli to understand and make sense of the world. Perception can be influenced by schemas.
- Schemas are cognitive frameworks that aid interpretation of stimuli. Examples are person, self, script, social and role schemas. Perception can be influenced by prior expectations and experiences.
- Values are guiding principles in people's lives.
Chapter 7 - Managing Power, Politics and Decision-Making
- Organisational politics is the network of power relations within an organisation.
- Power is a chance to realise one's will against resistance. It's most effective when it isn't overtly apparent, and uncertainty is a source of power.
- Authority is legitimate power conferred by individuals in positions of trust and higher status.
- Legitimacy is the widespread belief that something is just and valid.
- Resistance is challenging or changing existing societal relations.
- Management of meaning is about establishing legitimacy, through initiative actions and delegitimizing opposition.
- Strategic contingencies theory highlights the importance of tasks for power and decision-making, with leaders required to have certain personal attributes.
Chapter 8 - Managing Communications
- Communication involves the exchange of ideas, emotions, messages, stories, and information through different methods.
- Cybernetics focuses on the study of feedback and other communication mechanisms.
Chapter 9 - Managing Knowledge and Learning
- Knowledge management involves managing knowledge (know-how and know-why) to meet existing and future needs.
- Organisational learning is the process of detection and correction of errors and the acquisition of knowledge and capabilities. Sources of knowledge can be learning by doing, stories, and research.
- Knowledge exploitation focuses on making existing knowledge more efficient and effective.
- Knowledge exploration involves creativity, accident, randomness, chance and risk-taking.
- Atrophy is the decrease in activity or productivity in an organisation.
Chapter 10 - Managing Innovation and Change
- Innovation is the implementation of new or improved products, services, or practices.
- Innovation process has stages from initiation, development, implementation and scaling.
- Leading innovation is led by sponsors, mentors, critics and leaders.
- Openness and external sources are important for innovation, trusting external sources as well as internal ones.
- Collaborations can be used for innovation
- Technology paradigms/Innovator's dilemma are aspects to be considered as innovations are brought to market in different technological markets.
- Disruptive innovation means a simpler and cheaper product for a market that does not offer sufficient profit/margin for an incumbent firm
- Social innovation is innovative solutions to social challenges, considered as balancing social and technological factors.
Chapter 11 - Managing Ethically and Sustainably
- Corporate social responsibility (CSR) is the voluntary commitment to sustainable economic development on the part of an organisation.
- 3 levels of analysis in CSR are institutional, organisational and individual level
- Neoclassical economists (Friedman) argue that business's primary responsibility is to its shareholders.
- Stakeholders are those who have an interest in an organisation's actions.
- Relevance stakeholders have varying relevance to the company, short or long term.
- Interpretation of CSR is a way of understanding CSR, involving thinking paradoxically.
- Corporatism (social partnership) occurs when the state encourages cooperation between stakeholders.
- Focuses on CSR to be sustainable in areas of profit, people and the planet.
- Stakeholders & non-humans need to be considered when deciding the ethical behaviour or direction of an organisation.
Chapter 12 - Managing Organisational Design
- Direct management control involves combining ownership and knowledge to manage labourers effectively.
- Panoptical principle is control through surveillance based on the perception of being watched.
- Early modern management is based on efficiency and worker control.
- Limited liability separates personal and business assets.
- Internal contracting is when work is contracted out with a business rather than employed directly.
- Scientific management improves efficiency through worker specialization, task-based work and training.
- Taylor's 4 principles improve efficiency in work through the scientific analysis of motion and task allocation
- Bureaucracy: a form of organization characterised by hierarchical structure, clear rules, and division of labour.
- Rational-legal principles in bureaucracy based on authority and are based on legitimate rules.
- Weber's three main principles are charismatic, traditional and rational-legal.
- Critiques of bureaucracy suggests bureaucratic organisations are too rigid and can impede innovation.
- Praise for bureaucracy suggests these characteristics can give predictability and structure to an organisation.
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This quiz explores key concepts within Chapter 1 of Managing and Organisations, including the roles of sensemaking, framing, and sensegiving in organizational leadership. Understand how managers influence perceptions and decisions within their organizations to achieve specific aims. Test your knowledge on these essential managerial principles!
