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Weick's theory is primarily focused on the _____________ processes of organizations. |
| | A) | structural |
| | B) | role |
| | C) | sensemaking |
| | D) | rule |
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Organizational Information Theory draws from the _____________ metatheory. |
| | A) | covering law |
| | B) | systems |
| | C) | rules |
| | D) | critical |
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The _____________, which explains the changes that people make in their social behaviors in order to adapt to their surroundings, is also a foundation of Organizational Information Theory. |
| | A) | Ecology Theory |
| | B) | Biology Theory |
| | C) | Adaptation Theory |
| | D) | Theory of Sociocultural Evolution |
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Weick distinguishes from the physical environment of an organization and its _____________ environment. |
| | A) | information |
| | B) | resource |
| | C) | contextual |
| | D) | social |
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Weick assumes that messages in the organization vary in terms of their: |
| | A) | rules |
| | B) | rationality |
| | C) | uniqueness |
| | D) | ambiguity |
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A(n) _____________ message is complicated, uncertain, and unpredictable. |
| | A) | personal |
| | B) | equivocal |
| | C) | organizational |
| | D) | poor |
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According to Organizational Information Theory, organizations deal with confusing messages by developing rules of which of the following types? |
| | A) | comparison, personnel, and alignment |
| | B) | conflict, personnel, cycles, and failure |
| | C) | outcome, cycles, personnel, and success |
| | D) | duration, personnel, success, and effort |
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A rule of _____________ states that the most knowledgeable workers should resolve the issue of equivocality. |
| | A) | duration |
| | B) | cycles |
| | C) | personnel |
| | D) | success |
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_____________ refer to multiple communication cycles that are used to assist the organization's members in reducing ambiguity. |
| | A) | Adjustment rules |
| | B) | The equivocality of information |
| | C) | Cycles |
| | D) | Response rules |
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The process that organizations go through to reduce ambiguity consists of three stages: enactment, selection, and: |
| | A) | adjustment |
| | B) | response |
| | C) | outcome |
| | D) | retention |
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