Simple changes to an organization’s mission statement can have a profound effect upon the company’s approach and goals. True False Question 2. The ability to c

  

Question 1. True or false? Simple changes to an organization’s mission statement can have a profound effect upon the company’s approach and goals.

   True 

 False 

Question 2. The ability to comprehend the whole and examine interrelationships between the parts in order to identify and solve problems accurately is known as

  Mental models 

  Shared vision 

  Team learning 

    Systems thinking 

Question 3. The willingness to learn from experience and apply what is learned to perform successfully under new conditions is known as

  Leadership versatility 

  Leadership agility 

    Learning agility 

  Emotional intelligence 

Question 4. Which of the following is true in organization with a “flattened” layer of management?

    Decision-making power is passed to the employee-level 

  Decision-making power is passed to the leadership-level 

  Communication occurs primarily in a vertical fashion 

  Communication is hindered due to the formation of “silos” 

Question 5. Which of the following is not true of learning organizations?

  They avoid “one size fits all” approaches to dealing with change 

    They do not fail regularly 

  They do not look at change as something that is to be avoided at all costs 

  They deal with change issue in a collaborative fashion 

Question 6. True or false? The “systems thinking” approach can serve to prevent and reduce “learning disabilities”

    True 

  False 

Question 7. Which corporation’s value statement reads: “Don’t Be Evil”?

  Whole Foods 

  Netflix 

    Google 

  Microsoft 

Question 8. The process of continually clarifying and deepening our personal vision, focusing our energies, and of seeing reality objectively is known as

  Systems thinking 

    Personal mastery 

  Shared vision 

  Team learning 

Question 9. Which of the following is a typical quality of an “agile” organization?

    Responding quickly to relevant external events 

  Centralized decision-making in a top-down fashion 

  Conducting extensive market research to predict future market climates 

  Highly hierarchical organizational structure 

Question 10. True or false? In the modern environment of effective organizational leadership, communication and collaboration take priority over dictatorial authority.

    True 

  False