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20. Classical management principles are no longer used in today’s organizations.

True

False

21. The three concepts that characterize systems components include interdependence, ______________, and permeability.(Fill the blanks)

22. A personnel director asking applicants to submit resumes in a particular format would be an example of an assembly rule that assists in sensemaking.

True

False

23. Ethnographers create mini-theories about an organizations culture that are grounded in observations of a particular organization’s culture.

True

False

24. Farrah is upset because her job as a secretary pays her very little. She's able to keep food on the table for herself and her three children, but has a difficult time paying the rent every month and is worried that they might lose the apartment if she doesn't find a better job. According to Maslow, what need level is Farrah concerned with?

25. The most prevalent mode of communication in classical organizations is ____________communication.(Fill the blanks)

26. he ________________ is the communication system through which cultural values are instituted and reinforced. (Fill the blanks)

27. Things like age, race, income, and educational attainment are characteristics of the population known as?

28. In human relations organizations, task-related communication will be accompanied by _______________communication. (Fill the blanks)

29. The employment interview is an important tool in the business world today. Describe the three basic functions that the employment interview serves and how each function is important in the assimilation process. ?

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30. Systems theory originated with the study of:

	a.	Communication
	b.	Organizations
	c.	Sociology
	d.	Biology

31. There are two components of the organizational assimilation process: socialization and ____________________.(Fill the blanks)

32. Observing a sports fan wearing a Red Sox shirt represents which level of Schein’s model?

	a.	artifacts and behaviors
	b.	assumptions
	c.	values
	d.	core beliefs

33. Hierarchical ordering is a systems principle that implies that the functioning of one component of the system relies on other components of the system.

True

False

34. Susan works as a firefighter in a male-dominated organization. She is often sexually harassed on the job by her male coworkers. When asked about the appropriateness of this behavior, Susan sighs, “Boys will be boys. What can I do about it, anyway?” According to the critical approach, Susan is

	a.	focusing on the “good of the organization” by placing organizational needs before her own.
	b.	admitting the power of the modes and mean of production
	c.	hegemonically contributing to the control of the patriarchal organizational power structure
	d.	emancipating others within the work environment

35. Imagine that you are an ethnographer explaining your research method to a group of students. Discuss the goal of ethnography and the techniques you use to achieve that goal. Then, explain why ethnography is better suited to the study of organizational culture?

36. An organization like BP Oil that operates oil rights with the potential to create great damage if there is an explosion is a an example of a __________________.(Fill the blanks)

37. Which of following aspects of systems is not emphasized in a cybernetic systems approach?

	a.	System behavior and target goals
	b.	Feedback and interdependence
	c.	Interdependence and system goals
	d.	The environment and system growth

38. Feminist scholars argue that the matriarchal nature of most organizations leads to the marginalization of women.

True

False

Answer 1

20) False

There are firms who still use classical management principles of gant chart etc.

21) Hierarchical ordering

It means to organize things in system in a particular way

22) True

If resumes are in particular format, it makes it easier to scan

23) True

It is the study to explore cultural phenomenon from view point of subject