Examine organizational communication phenomena

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Question 1. Joana works for an organization that prides itself on openness and transparency. However, the organization tends to actually insulate itself from what's going on with its various competitors, its local community, and even governmental regulations. Based on this information, what can you say accurately about Joana's organizations relationship with its external environment.

a. the organization has open boundaries
b. the organization has closed boundaries
c. the organization has a tall hierarchy
d. the organization has a flat hierarchy
e. the organization has limited outputs

Question 2. Stewart sat down with a set of spreadsheet data and quickly realized that if his coffee shop was going to last the summer it really need to spend more time focusing on business from tourists because they were his only real potential for growth. Which of Edward Gross's organizational goals is Stewart faced with?

a. output
b. adaptation
c. management
d. motivation
e. positional

Question 3. Diana works for an organization that on the surface says it's very creative and always looking for new ways of doing business. However, every time Diana brings up a new idea she's immediately shot down with a "but we've always done it this way" attitude from her management. Which of the dialectical tensions of control is Diana facing?

a. systemization vs. autonomy
b. agreement vs. dissent
c. conventionality vs. innovation
d. organization vs. self-focused
e. organizational vs. individual rights

Question 4. Who is considered to be the Father of Organizational Communication?

a. Elton Mayo
b. Chester Barnard
c. Lee Thayer
d. Fredric M. Jablin
e. W. Charles Redding

Question 5. Which of the three methodologies used by organizational communication scholars uses survey, experiments, and content analyses to examine organizational communication phenomena?

a. social-scientific
b. qualitative
c. interpretive
d. critical
e. rhetorical

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