Section 5
Q 3, 6, 9, 10, 12
Select the choice which best completes the statement, or answers the question, by clicking on the corresponding letter.
Q1. Which one of the following is not one of the three major characteristics of open systems?
- they convert inputs into outputs
- they discharge their outputs into their environment
- they receive inputs or energy from their environment
- they are completely self-supporting
Q2. Who is widely accredited with suggesting the label ‘contingency approach’?
- Lawrence and Lorsch
- Pugh e. Woodward
- Burns and Stalker
- Nadler and Tushman
Q3. Chose the variable that is of least interest to those adopting a systems approach to organisations
- Strategy
- Environment
- Organisation structures
- People
- Technology
Q4. What was the major emphasis of the study by Lawrence and Lorsch (1967)?
- Technological determinism
- Environmental determinism
- The states of differentiation and integration within organisations
- Strategy and structure
- How to coordinate the various parts of the organisation
What is a closed loop system?
- a self-regulating system
- a learning system
- a dependent system
- a system that does not have a feedback loop