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MNG3702-25-S2 Welcome Message Assessment 1
QUIZ
Started on Monday, 21 July 2025, 2:49 PM
State Finished
Completed on Tuesday, 22 July 2025, 10:37 AM
Time taken 19 hours 47 mins
Marks 65.00/70.00
Grade 92.86 out of 100.00
Question 1
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Why are prioritisation and selection critical in resource allocation, particularly for a company like Microsoft?
a. To avoid focussing on any strategic initiatives at all
b. To minimise risks and focus solely on projects with immediate financial returns.
c. To ensure that the company selects the right initiatives, balancing risk, alignment, and long-term objectives.
d. To limit investments to only one project at a time.
Question 2
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What challenge does Microsoft face in aligning individual behaviour with AI goals?
a. Lack of strategic initiatives
b. Resistance to upskilling
c. Excessive communication
d. Overemphasis on culture
Question 3
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Which of the following learning styles is most likely to embrace Tesla’s culture of trying "the impossible"?
a. Converging learners who focus on practical applications
b. Diverging learners who prefer brainstorming and exploring possibilities.
c. Accommodation of learners who prefer hands-on experiences and taking risks.
d. Assimilating learners who focus on abstract conceptualisation and theories
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Question 4
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Which element ensures that Microsoft's R&D and marketing units collaborate on AI products?
a. Aligning organizational units
b. Cascading objectives
c. Performance management
d. Communication of strategy
Question 5
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During the “changing” phase of Lewin’s model, what would Sappi need to do to implement its new strategic focus on
dissolving pulp?
a. Discontinue all previous products immediately
b. Invest in machinery and training to support dissolving pulp production
c. Focus only on increasing paper sales
d. Keep the production methods for paper unchanged
Question 6
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Which type of strategic change does this exemplify?
a. Evolution
b. Adaptation
c. Revolution
d. Reconstruction
Question 7
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Which of the following best describes the role of process maturity in strategic project management?
a. Maturity is the technical completion of projects, regardless of alignment with strategy.
b. A higher level of maturity reflects the organisation’s ability to select and manage the right projects in line with
strategic goals
c. Maturity refers to the speed with which a project is completed, irrespective of quality.
d. Process maturity only applies to operational work, not strategic initiatives.
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Question 8
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TechNova, a growing software development company, struggles to adapt to industry changes. Senior management insists on
traditional decision-making and fails to utilise external insights. _What combination of barriers to learning is most evident in
TechNova’s scenario?_
a. Management Ignorance, Absorptive Capacity, and Dominant General Management Logic.
b. Dominant General Management Logic, Employee Resistance, and Lack of Collaboration.
c. Employee Resistance, Absorptive Capacity, and Dominant General Management Logic.
d. Dominant General Management Logic, Leadership Vacuum, and Absorptive Capacity.
Question 9
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What type of strategic change did Sappi’s shift from primarily fine paper to dissolving pulp and speciality packaging
represent?
a. Evolutionary Change
b. Revolution (Big Bang)
c. Adaptation (Incremental)
d. Transformation
Question 10
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If Sappi merged with a textile company to vertically integrate viscose production, this would be:
a. Revolution
b. Reconstruction
c. Evolution
d. Adaptation
Question 11
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Organisations typically identify various strategic initiatives and select those that will contribute to their strategic goals. Which
of the following best describes the initiatives that will be resourced and tracked by the organisation?
a. Portfolio of Projects
b. Strategic Programme
c. Portfolio of Programmes
d. Strategy Execution Frameworks
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