EDD 6005 - Organizational Theory Midterm
A. Indicate the type of management that each of the following theorists are associated
with: A. Scientific B. Neo-Scientific C. Human Relations D. Human Resources
1. Douglas McGregor ______
2. Elton Mayo_____________
3. Fredrick Taylor_________
4. Max Weber____________
5. Henri Fayol____________
B. Indicate the type of management that each of the following concepts is associated
with: A. Scientific B. Neo-Scientific C. Human Relations D. Human Resources
6. Productivity of workers could be increased by meeting their social needs at work
______.
7. Satisfaction is derived from the completion of important and meaningful work
_______.
8. Workers are viewed as appendages of management ______.
9. Close supervision is employed to ensure that teachers teach the way they’re
supposed to _______.
10. Impersonal monitoring of standardized measures _____.
11. Time and motion studies by efficiency experts ______.
12. Based on careful observation and task analysis _____.
13. Based on research at Western Electric Hawthorn Plant _____.
14. Supervisor adopts shared decision making to increase teacher satisfaction, which
increases school effectiveness ______.
15. Supervisor adopts shared decision making to increase school effectiveness, which
increases teacher satisfaction _______.
C. Match the following characteristics to A. Theory X B. Theory Y C. Neither
16. Teachers are indolent_____.
17. Teachers are resistant to change _____.
18. It is management’s task to arrange organizational conditions so that teachers can
reach their goals _____.
19. Teachers are indifferent to the needs of the school _____.
20. Teachers are capable of directing their own efforts _____.
D. Match the following theorists with the following concepts : A. Fredrick Taylor,
B. Henri Fayol, C. Max Weber, D. Elton Mayo, E. Douglas McGregor, F. Abraham
Maslow
21. Hierarchy of human needs _____.
22. Human variability is an important determinant of productivity _____.
23. Break the job down into small, related tasks _____.
24. Theory X & Y ______.
25. Hope lies in the establishment of well-run bureaucracies ______.
26. Focused attention on the manager not the worker in scientific management _____.
27. Incentive pay systems _____.
28. Self-actualization is the highest human need ______.
29. Hawthorn Electric Plant research _____.
30. A well-defined hierarchy of authority _____.
E. Match the following to Giffith’s model below: A. Teacher, B. Kean Township, C.
Kean High School, D. Chemistry Department
The
Culture
The
Organization
The
Work Group
The
Role
The
Individual
or Self
31. The Role _____.
32. The Work Group _____.
33. The Organization _____.
34. The Culture _____.
F. Fill in Getzels and Guba’s Model by selecting the correct letter below:
35. Role _____.
36. Individual ____.
37. Expectation _____.
38. Social System _____.
39. Personality _____.
40. Need- Disposition _____.
41. Institution _____.
42. Observed Behavior _____.
ORGANIZAT IONAL (
B
Nomothet ic
) DIMENSION
C
D
A
E
F
G
PERSONAL (
Idiographic
I
)DIMENSION
G. Match the following sources of authority with the characteristics listed below:
A. Bureaucratic, B. Personal, C. Technical-rational, D. Professional, E. Moral
43. Derives authority from interpersonal skills _____.
44. Assumes teachers are subordinates that can’t be trusted _____.
45. Assumes supervision and teaching are applied sciences _____.
46. What is right and good is as important as what works and is effective _____.
47. Personal expertise and informed knowledge of craft _____.
H. Please answer the following:
48. Matching leadership style to the situation in order to achieve the behavior on the
part of subordinates to contribute most to achieving the organization’s goals.
a. Role Theory
b. Organizational Theory
c. Transformation Theory
d. Contingency Theory
49. Define Lewin’s formula B = f(p · e). Behavior is a function of the interaction
between
a. Personnel and Evaluation
b. Personality and Education
c. Person and Environment
d. Poverty and Education
e. People and Evolution
50. NCLB is the result of the dissatisfaction of schools leading to which of the
following management styles:
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
Scientific
Human Relations
Neo-Scientific
Human Development
Bureaucratic
51. According to Burns, “__________ is exercised when persons with certain purposes
mobilize, in competition or in conflict with others, institutional, political, psychological
and other resources so as to arouse and satisfy the motives of followers.”
a. Power
b. Leadership
c. Authority
d. Management
52. Select the correct answer to differentiate which of the following methods of
controlling behavior in an organization would be characteristic of human resources
development views.
a. A reading coach is hired to supervise and help teachers since the state
and district have determined that reading is a problem in the schools.
b. When new teachers arrive there is an induction party to help them feel
at home.
c. New teachers are given a teacher handbook that includes procedures
and
schedules to help them understand expectations.
d. Grade level teams are assigned the task of developing plans to deal
with the goal of improving math achievement test scores.
53. From the examples below, select the one that best illustrates Chris Argyris’ idea of
Pattern A, soft behavior.
a. A supervisor meets with grade level teachers to describe the new
reading series that has been adopted and to ask for additional ideas on
implementation.
b. The math teachers are given the math achievement test data from last
year and they are asked to devise methods to improve the scores.
c. The principal forms a faculty advisory committee to develop a schoolwide discipline plan based on current research.
d. The principal meets with the food service staff to ask them to come up
with better ways to more quickly move the students through the lines.
54. One of the main tenants of the sociotechnical systems theory described by Robert
Owens and Carl Steinhoff is best illustrated by which of the following:
a. A significant change in one subsystem will affect variables in one or all
subsystems.
b. The leaders should focus primarily on the human or people subsystem
which is important to insure quality in all subsystems.
c. Well structured sociotechnical systems will prevent the larger societal
system from affecting the organization.
d. Decisions about changes in the subsystems should be made by those
individuals who have primary authority and skill within that subsystem.
55. Describe the meaning of the following social systems theory equation: B = f(R · P).
Observed behavior is a function of an individual’s:
a. Role and Perception
b. Retention and Perception
c. Role and Personality
d. Retention and Personality
56. According to Sergiovanni, which of the following types of authority should be
prime?
a. Bureaucratic
b. Personal
c. Professional/Moral
d. Technical-Rational
57. Where you want to go and how you intend to get there in your organization is an
example of your:
a. Metanarrative
b. Paradigm
c. Code of Ethics
d. Vision
58. According to The Coleman Report
a. There is a strong positive relationship between school quality and student
achievement
b. The best predictor of school success is SES
c. The Peer group matters the least
d. The best predictor of school success is teacher quality
59. In Lortie’s research, he found which of the following to be true?
a. Teachers are more likely to be influenced by leaders who use expert power
thanthose who use referent power.
b. Leaders are more likely to use transformational leadership than
transactional
leadership.
c. Teachers are motivated by leaders who use good communication skills.
d. Teachers are motivated by feeling successful and effective in their teaching.
e. Teachers who use moral leadership have students who are more successful.
60. According to Maslow, if other needs were met, a teacher would be most motivated
by
a. a.
Being appointed to the school management team
b. Given a Merit Raise
c. Being named the teacher of the year
d. Given the best parking space
I.
Essays
1. In the construct below (developed by Getzels and Guba). Compare and
contrast where a teacher would fall along the A to B continuum in a school with
bureaucratic management and a school with Human Relations Management.
Role
Personality
A
B
2. You are the principal of a K-5 school. You have just been told that next
year your school will become K-8. Discuss the implications of such a change
in terms of the Sociotechnical Systems Theory construct presented below.