Quiz

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1. The study of the organizational work done by people when engaged in strategizing is known as the ___________ approach.

  1. Narrative
  2. RBV
  3. Strategy as practice
  4. Process  

Answer:

c. Strategy as practice

2. Which of the following are standard strategy practices?

  1. PESTEL
  2. SWOT
  3. BCG matrix
  4. All of the above

Answer:

d. All of the above

3. Strategy as practice seeks to study strategy ______ and _______.

  1. Theoretically and practically
  2. Anthropologically and sociologically
  3. Empirically and a priori
  4. Universally and specifically

Answer:

b. Anthropologically and sociologically

4. According to Samra-Fredericks, which of the following is NOT a factor defining interpersonal competence as a strategist?

  1. Analytic skill
  2. Speaking forms of knowledge
  3. Questioning and querying
  4. Deploying metaphors

Answer:

a. Analytic skill

5. What is the narrative structure described by Campbell (1988) which is often found in biographical accounts of CEOs?

  1. Ballad
  2. Heroic
  3. Poetic
  4. Psychoanalytic

Answer:

b. Heroic

7. Strategy as practice research has shown that strategy tends to be marked by unreflective acceptance of ___________.

  1. Unconscious assumptions and beliefs
  2. Explicit beliefs
  3. Hard data
  4. Theoretical models

Answer:

a. Unconscious assumptions and beliefs

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8. Consultants offer which of the following functions for strategists?

  1. Organizational therapy
  2. Organizational retooling
  3. Organizational surgery
  4. All of the above

Answer:

d. All of the above

9. According to Spee and Jarzabkowski, strategy tools work in practice both ______ and ______. 

  1. Ideationally and pragmatically
  2. Instrumentally and symbolically
  3. Instrumentally and ideationally
  4. Pragmatically and theoretically

Answer:

b. Instrumentally and symbolically

10. Carroll, Levy and Richmond identified seven areas of self-insight into leadership practice: ______, process, consciousness, awareness, ______, everydayness and identity.

  1. Habits/control
  2. Language/human resources
  3. Errors/problems
  4. Values/emotions

Answer:

c. Errors/problems