All India Management Association (AIMA) 2006 M.B.A Marketing Management Organizational Behavior – II - Question Paper
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functional area within the firm and 1 that is the project leader for that particular ship. This is an example of
which organizational structure?
(a) Functional
(b) Simple
(c) Network
(d) Bureaucracy
(e) Matrix.
19. In Organization Development (OD), importance is provided not only to what is done, but also to how it is done. An
OD program tries to improve the effectiveness of organizational processes by
I. Formulating effective solutions to issues prevailing in the organization.
II. Rectifying the weaknesses in the organization’s culture and processes.
III. Making the client system capable of solving its issues and managing cultural change in the future with
the help of an OD consultant.
(a) Only (I) above
(b) Only (II) above
(c) Only (III) above
(d) Both (I) and (II) above
(e) Both (II) and (III) above.
20. Eli Lilly India made it mandatory for its employees to use at lowest 15 days of their 30 days of annual privileged
leave after it realized that the pressure of work was making it difficult for its employees to balance work and
their personal lives. This example refers to which of the subsequent characteristics of organizational culture?
(a) Norms
(b) Innovation
(c) result orientation
(d) People orientation
(e) Dominant values.
21. In which of the subsequent kinds of learning, attempts are made only to add new sources of knowledge to the
existing knowledge base, and the organizational policies and goals and the basic nature of the activities
undertaken in the organization remain the same?
(a) Associative learning
(b) Operant conditioning
(c) Coping
(d) Classical conditioning
(e) Effective learning.
22. Negotiations take place frequently in organizations on problems ranging from mergers ranging from 2 organizations to
subcontracting of small components. Recognition of need for civil result is the characteristic of which of the
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