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1. In systems analysis, the term positive feedback refers to:
a. Encouragement given to team members indicating support for actions they have taken
b. Actions that reinforce the direction of the system
c. Actions that correct a system's deviations from a goal
d. Information provided to team members indicating the extent to which they are meeting project goals
2. To be a good leader, you need to have good managerial skills.
a. true
b. false
3. By the 2000s, it was generally agreed by management experts and practitioners that bureaucracy had outlived its usefulness.
a. true
b. false
4. Harvard professor Chris Argyris promoted the concepts of espoused theories of action and theories-of-use. Espoused theories of actions reflect what people say governs their behavior, while theories-of-use reflects how they actually behave.
a. true
b. false
5. The metaphor that best describes the structural frame, as defined by Bolman and Deal, is:
a. factory or machine
b. family
c. jungle
d. carnival, temple, theater
6. Which of the following situations describe a virtuous circle?
a. An organization's charitable contributions improve its public image, which leads to increased sales of products.
b. An organization's enlightened human resource policies lead to improved performance among its employees, which leads to an increase in profitability.
c. An organization's cost cutting measures enables it to reduce the price of its goods, benefiting both the company and society.
d. An organization's investment in R&D leads to an increase in sales, which makes more money available for future investments in R&D.