All India Management Association (AIMA) 2007 M.B.A Marketing Management Organizational Behavior – II - Question Paper
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(a) Only (I) above
(b) Only (II) above
(c) Both (I) and (II) above
(d) Both (II) and (III) above
(e) All (I), (II) and (III) above.
13. Which of the subsequent models is believed to work under conditions where the organizational objectives are
dynamic rather than static and where perfect info about the nature of the issue or the option courses
of action is not available?
(a) Simon’s bounded rationality model
(b) The economic rationality model
(c) Judgmental Heuristics and Biases model
(d) The social model
(e) The personality perception model.
14. A group that interacts primarily to share info and to make decisions to help every member perform within his
or her area of responsibility is
(a) Work team
(b) Project team
(c) Task force
(d) Work group
(e) Interest group.
15. The nominal group technique attempts to avoid potential pitfalls of group decision making while taking advantage
of the positive features of employee participation. Which of the subsequent is not a step in the nominal group
technique?
(a) Team members are introduced to the issue initially and are asked to independently write down their
ideas to solve the issue on hand
(b) The ideas of every team member are presented in a round-robin fashion to the group and every of these ideas
are written down on a chart paper
(c) A discussion is then held with the objective of evaluating and assessing the merits of every option
(d) The summarized outcomes of the discussion is then sent back to the experts seeking their response to the
results
(e) A list of most commonly accepted options is presented to the team and the team members then attempt
to arrive at a consensus.
16. Martin was recently hired at the Applegate Industrial Firm. He is very unsure exactly what the new job requires of
him and has no info as to what capabilities he needs to accomplish his assignments. Martin is feeling a
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