QUESTION 1 Which of the following is NOT a reason that individuals tend to identify themselves socially as members of a group? O Status O Distinctiveness O Certainty Reduction O Similarity QUESTION 2 The following factors inuence how effectively individuals negotiate. Which of the following has the LEAST impact on how individuals negotiate: O Mood/emotion O Culture O Age O Gender QUESTION 3 Which one of the following statements is FALSE about the debating society model of how groups decide? O The decision-making process forever expands O Members apply direct pressures on those who momentarily express doubts C) There is no closure and no action O Discussions drone on and on without resolution or deep, diverse conicts occur that lead to a hostile impasse. QUESTION 4 refers to group members seeking help by building and/orjoining groups of people to understand who they are and how they fit into the world. O Uncertainty reduction 0 Similarity O Distinctiveness O Status QUESTION 5 The success of managing a conict is indirectly correlated to the knowledge of the structure and the steps of the conflicts process. O True O False QUESTION 6 Which of the following factors does NOT have a large positive effect on decision quality and strategic choice? O Compatibility with existing operating constraints O Proximity to optimum time for decision O External environment of the organization O Proximity to optimum amount of information QUESTION 7 The strategic decision-making process of an organization contains many generic factors. All of the following are examples, EXCEPT: O The organization uses resources from the environment and is offering to the environment its products and services. O The organization is presented as a system that is symbolically separated from its environment O Decisions can be implemented in the present, past, or future O The two main elements of the organization presented as a system are the transformation process and the management process QUESTION 8 Equilibrium position is a that reflects some reserve capacity within the organization to exploit unexpected opportunities or cope with unanticipated threats. C) Small positive strategic gap C) Small negative strategic gap C) Large positive strategic gap C) Zero strategic gap QUESTION 9 All of the following statements are accurate regarding the effects on uncertainty of strategic decision making, EXCEPT: O Uncertainty results from the effects of change over time Q Uncertainty limits the ability of a given organization to control the outcomes of its strategic decisions O Uncertainty originates, for the most part, in the internal environment of the organization O Strategic decision making is concerned primarily with gradual change in future time QUESTION 10 A successful strategic decision results in the attainment of an objective that created a decision response within the constraints identified for the organization. O True O False