Which of the following strategy/action can be utilized to prevent future fiefdoms

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A. Work flow immediacyB. Work flow pervasivenessC. Work flow centralityD. Work flow replaceabilityE. Work to ruleMay 20, 2019171

Organizational BehaviorTitle: ANSWER: B REFERENCE: Political Behavior in Organizations LEARNING OUTCOME: 333. Which of the following refers to the degree to which the actual work of one subunit isconnected with the work of the subunits?A. Work flow immediacyB. Work flow pervasivenessC. Work flow centralityD. Work flow replaceabilityE. Work to ruleTitle: ANSWER: C REFERENCE: Political Behavior in Organizations LEARNING OUTCOME: 334. Which of the following refers to a situation where the more interconnected subunit A is withother subunits in the organization, the more central it is?A. Work flow immediacyB. Work flow pervasivenessC. Work flow centralityD. Work flow replaceabilityE. Work to ruleTitle: ANSWER: E REFERENCE: Political Behavior in Organizations LEARNING OUTCOME: 335. Which of the following refers to the capacity for one subunit to seek needed resources fromalternate sources?A. Work flow immediacyB. Work flow pervasivenessC. Work flow centralityD. Work to ruleE. SubstitutabilityTitle: ANSWER: E REFERENCE: Political Behavior in Organizations LEARNING OUTCOME: 336. Which of the following factors influence the extent to which substitutability is available to asubunit?A. Replaceability of personnel and work flow pervasivenessB. Work flow pervasiveness and work flow centralityC. Work flow centrality and Work to ruleD. Work to rule and availability of alternativesE. Availability of alternatives and replaceability of personnelMay 20, 2019172

Organizational BehaviorTitle: ANSWER: C REFERENCE: Limiting the Influence of Political Behavior LEARNING OUTCOME: 437. Which of the following strategy/action can be utilized to reduce the system uncertainty?A. Replace resource competition with externally oriented goals and objectivesB. Make one of the most important criteria for promotion an apolitical attitude that putsorganizational ends ahead of personal power endsC. Differentiate rewards among high and low performersD. Where highly cohesive political empires exist, break them apart by removing or splitting themost dysfunctional subgroupsE. Try to minimize resource competition among managersTitle: ANSWER: B REFERENCE: Limiting the Influence of Political Behavior LEARNING OUTCOME: 438. Which of the following strategy/action can be utilized to prevent future fiefdoms?A. Replace resource competition with externally oriented goals and objectivesB. Make one of the most important criteria for promotion an apolitical attitude that putsorganizational ends ahead of personal power endsC. Differentiate rewards among high and low performersD. Where highly cohesive political empires exist, break them apart by removing or splitting themost dysfunctional subgroupsE. Try to minimize resource competition among managersThis file is copyright 2019, Rice University. All Rights Reserved.

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Question 121 / 1 ptsThe more disconnected subunit A is with other subunits in the organization,the more “central” it is because of power.TrueFalse

Question 131 / 1 ptsWhich of the following strategy/action can be utilized to prevent futurefiefdoms?

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