MNGT 301 CH 11 EXAM QUESTIONS
CORRECTLY ANSWERED.
1. Organizational change refers to the adoption of a new idea or behavior by an organization. - CORRECT
ANSWER True
2. Productive innovation refers to innovations in products, services, or processes that radically
change an industry's rules of the game for producers and consumers. - CORRECT ANSWER False
3. If organizations don't successfully change and innovate, they die. - CORRECT ANSWER True
4. An ambidextrous approach means incorporating structures and processes that are appropriate for
both the creative impulse and for the systematic implementation of innovations. - CORRECT ANSWER
True
5. Technology change involves the hierarchy of authority, goals, administrative procedures, and
managerial systems. - CORRECT ANSWER False
6. A product change is a change in the organization's product or service outputs. - CORRECT ANSWER
True
7. Exploration is the aspect of product and technology innovation that involves creating mechanisms to
make sure new ideas are carried forward, accepted, and implemented. - CORRECT ANSWER True
51. The adoption of a new idea or behavior by an organization is known as organizational _____. -
CORRECT ANSWER Answer = A. change.
b. development.
c. structure.
d. intervention.
,e. responsibility.
52. An example of an organizational would be: - CORRECT ANSWER a. the switch to a new production
method.
b. the decision to offer a new product line.
c. the introductions of a new pay for performance system.
Answer= d. all of these.
e. the switch to a new production method or the decision to offer a new product
line.
53. For the compact disc industry, the advent of MP3 technology can best be described as what
type of innovation? - CORRECT ANSWER Answer: a. Disruptive innovation
b. Service innovation
c. Productive innovation
d. Restructuring innovation
e. Reverse innovation
54. _____ refers to innovations in products, services, or processes that radically change an industry's
rules of the game for producers and consumers - CORRECT ANSWER a. Restructuring innovation
b. Trickle up innovation
c. Productive innovation
Answer: d. Disruptive innovation
e. Reverse innovation
55. Successful change requires that organizations be capable of both creating and implementing ideas,
which means the organization must learn to be _____. - CORRECT ANSWER a. cordial
b. rightsized
Answer: c. ambidextrous
d. compliant
e. intra-focused
, The generation of novel ideas that may meet perceived needs or respond to opportunities for the
organization is called _____. - CORRECT ANSWER a. a search initiative
Answer b. creativity
c. an ideal champion
d. a great idea
e. strategic analysis
57. Which of the following refers to the generation of novel solutions to perceived problems? - CORRECT
ANSWER a. Problem solving
b. Organizational development
Answer c. Creativity
d. Brainstorming
e. Perceived solution
58. The innovation strategy for changing products and technologies that involves designing the
organization to encourage creativity and the initiation of new ideas is known as _____. - CORRECT
ANSWER Answer: a. exploration
b. cooperation
c. entrepreneurship
d. idea incubator
e. horizontal linkage
59. _____ change is a change in the organization's product or service outputs. - CORRECT ANSWER a.
Technology
Answer b. Product
c. Entrepreneurship
d. Creative
e. Incremental
CORRECTLY ANSWERED.
1. Organizational change refers to the adoption of a new idea or behavior by an organization. - CORRECT
ANSWER True
2. Productive innovation refers to innovations in products, services, or processes that radically
change an industry's rules of the game for producers and consumers. - CORRECT ANSWER False
3. If organizations don't successfully change and innovate, they die. - CORRECT ANSWER True
4. An ambidextrous approach means incorporating structures and processes that are appropriate for
both the creative impulse and for the systematic implementation of innovations. - CORRECT ANSWER
True
5. Technology change involves the hierarchy of authority, goals, administrative procedures, and
managerial systems. - CORRECT ANSWER False
6. A product change is a change in the organization's product or service outputs. - CORRECT ANSWER
True
7. Exploration is the aspect of product and technology innovation that involves creating mechanisms to
make sure new ideas are carried forward, accepted, and implemented. - CORRECT ANSWER True
51. The adoption of a new idea or behavior by an organization is known as organizational _____. -
CORRECT ANSWER Answer = A. change.
b. development.
c. structure.
d. intervention.
,e. responsibility.
52. An example of an organizational would be: - CORRECT ANSWER a. the switch to a new production
method.
b. the decision to offer a new product line.
c. the introductions of a new pay for performance system.
Answer= d. all of these.
e. the switch to a new production method or the decision to offer a new product
line.
53. For the compact disc industry, the advent of MP3 technology can best be described as what
type of innovation? - CORRECT ANSWER Answer: a. Disruptive innovation
b. Service innovation
c. Productive innovation
d. Restructuring innovation
e. Reverse innovation
54. _____ refers to innovations in products, services, or processes that radically change an industry's
rules of the game for producers and consumers - CORRECT ANSWER a. Restructuring innovation
b. Trickle up innovation
c. Productive innovation
Answer: d. Disruptive innovation
e. Reverse innovation
55. Successful change requires that organizations be capable of both creating and implementing ideas,
which means the organization must learn to be _____. - CORRECT ANSWER a. cordial
b. rightsized
Answer: c. ambidextrous
d. compliant
e. intra-focused
, The generation of novel ideas that may meet perceived needs or respond to opportunities for the
organization is called _____. - CORRECT ANSWER a. a search initiative
Answer b. creativity
c. an ideal champion
d. a great idea
e. strategic analysis
57. Which of the following refers to the generation of novel solutions to perceived problems? - CORRECT
ANSWER a. Problem solving
b. Organizational development
Answer c. Creativity
d. Brainstorming
e. Perceived solution
58. The innovation strategy for changing products and technologies that involves designing the
organization to encourage creativity and the initiation of new ideas is known as _____. - CORRECT
ANSWER Answer: a. exploration
b. cooperation
c. entrepreneurship
d. idea incubator
e. horizontal linkage
59. _____ change is a change in the organization's product or service outputs. - CORRECT ANSWER a.
Technology
Answer b. Product
c. Entrepreneurship
d. Creative
e. Incremental
