All India Management Association (AIMA) 2006 M.B.A Marketing Management Organizational Behavior – II - Question Paper
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(a) Compromise
(b) Accommodating
(c) Bargaining
(d) Dominating
(e) Win-Win.
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23. Individual politicking is a function of a person’s personality traits, his background and experiences, and the
environment in which he operates. Which of the subsequent is/are not aspect(s) of individual personality that
influence political behavior?
I. The level of self-monitoring.
II. Ambiguity of goals.
III. The strength of individual’s power motive.
(a) Only (I) above
(b) Only (II) above
(c) Only (III) above
(d) Both (I) and (II) above
(e) Both (I) and (III) above.
24. Quinn and McGrath classified organization culture into different basic types, depending on the nature of
transactions that take place ranging from individuals or groups of individuals in organizations. In which of the
subsequent kinds of culture, managers are very creative and tend to be risk takers?
(a) Market culture
(b) Adhocracy
(c) Clan culture
(d) Hierarchical culture
(e) Network culture.
25. A group of housekeeping employees who work for a small hotel confronted the owner saying, ‘It’s very hard for
most of us to maintain rigid seven to four work hours. every of us has personal responsibilities and we are going to start
looking for a few other place to work if you don’t set up flexible work hours’. The owner listened thoughtfully to
the group’s ultimatum and agreed to their request. The next day the owner introduced a flextime plan for these
employees. This is an example of
(a) Unplanned change
(b) First-order change
(c) Second-order change
(d) Strategic change
(e) Technological change.
26. In the training process, T-groups may be constituted in different ways, depending upon the objectives and the
outcomes that are desired. Which of the subsequent kinds of T-groups consists of people working in the identical
organization and share a direct working relationship with every other?
(a) Cousin
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