Quiz

Test you understanding of key chapter concepts by working through this quiz. You can check your answer by clicking on the arrow to the right or on what you think the correct answer is.  The correct answer will then be revealed to you for that question.

1. Strategic change could involve ___________________________.

  1.  A change in the direction and scope of an organization 
  2. Reconfiguring organization cultures
  3. Introducing a new IT architecture 
  4. All of the above 

Answer:

d. All of the above

2. According to Balogun and Hope Hailey, what percentage of strategic change projects is thought to fail to achieve their aims?

  1. 10%
  2. 25%
  3. 50%
  4. 70%

Answer:

d. 70%

3. According to your textbook, what do Whittle and Mueller think makes a change ‘strategic’?

  1. What stakeholder needs it addresses
  2. What the market demands
  3. What the powerful decide is strategic
  4. All of the above

Answer:

c. What the powerful decide is strategic

4. he process of defining, categorizing or labelling a particular change as ___________ is both an _____________ of an ongoing ___________ process and is itself a ___________ act.

  1. Strategic/action/leadership/dynamic
  2. Strategic/outcome/political/political
  3. Necessary/outcome/strategic/masterful
  4. None of the above

Answer:

b. Strategic/outcome/political/political

5. Which of the following could be a strategic change?

  1. Moving from a focus on cost towards differentiation through superior product or service features
  2. Selling new products/services to existing customers or selling existing products/services to new customers
  3. Decision to integrate activities previously done by suppliers or decision to outsource activities previously done in-house
  4. All of the above

Answer:

d. All of the above

6. Which of the following would NOT be associated with the socio-political approach to understanding the causes of change:

  1. Political contests between business units vying for power or resources
  2. New leaders seeking to display strong leadership through a symbolic break with the past
  3. Gathering information about the threats and opportunities posed by changes in the external environmental
  4. Fads and fashions in management thought driven by gurus and consultants

Answer:

c. Gathering information about the threats and opportunities posed by changes in the external environmental

7. What is strategic drift?

  1. Strategies that enable the firm to keep pace with changes in the strategic environment
  2. Radical changes that enable the firm to make sudden shifts in strategy to match major changes in the strategic environment
  3. Incremental changes that enable the firm to make small steps to keep pace with minor changes in the strategic environment
  4. Failing to keep pace with incremental changes in the strategic environment over a period of time

Answer:

d. Failing to keep pace with incremental changes in the strategic environment over a period of time

8. Which of the following is a good example of a firm that has experienced strategic drift?

  1. Google
  2. Apple
  3. Blockbuster
  4. Facebook

Answer:

c. Blockbuster

9. The strategic environment is best thought of as __________, according to your textbook.

  1. Objective reality
  2. Nature
  3. A dynamic and interactive process
  4. All of the above 

Answer:

c. A dynamic and interactive process

10. Meyer analysed the strategic choices made by three hospitals in the face of _________ .

  1. Changed market conditions
  2. A terrorist outrage
  3. A strike
  4. An earthquake 

Answer:

c. A strike