Deck 21: Organization Development for Economic, Ecological, and Social Outcomes

Question 1

Sustainable Management Organizations (SMO) interventions ask the question, .

A) how can we develop organizations to achieve sustainable effectiveness?
B) why is practicing sustainability principles valuable?
C) how can organizations improve customer perceived value?
D) what matters to stakeholders?

Answer 1

A

Question 2

Explain the three activities with which GSCOs enact planned change.

Answer 2

GSCOs use three types of activities to enact planned change. These are building local organization effectiveness, creating bridges and linkages with other relevant organizations, and developing vertical linkages with policymakers.

Question 3

In which of the following areas do SMOs (sustainable management organizations) perform in order to achieve sustainable effectiveness?

A) people
B) planet
C) profit
D) all of the above

Answer 3

D

Question 4

Organizations should generate sustainable outcomes across economic, social, and ecological objectives.

Question 5

The United Nations World Commission on Environment and Development's description of sustainability is "meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs."

Question 6

Which of the following skills are useful when GSCOs establish bridging with other organizations?

A) time management
B) organization
C) networking
D) structuring

Question 7

Upon which of the following does an SMO derive its long-term success?

A) a powerful board of directors
B) its code of ethics
C) its organizational identity
D) its mission

Question 8

Strategic intent to support sustainable effectiveness consists of allocating appropriate resources.

Question 9

Which of the following is an example of a sustainability initiative?

A) using web-conferencing more than travel
B) printing on two-sides of the paper
C) encouraging recycling
D) all of the above

Question 10

GSCOs create horizontal linkages that include channels of communication and influence upward to governmental and policy-level decision-making processes.

Question 11

Which of the following characteristics are typical of GSCOs?

A) they are cross-sectorial
B) they are functionally organized
C) they value task-orientation first and foremost
D) all of the above

Question 12

Because GSCOs have such an honorable mission, it is rare for their stakeholders to be in conflict.

Question 13

GSCOs have as their primary task to serve as an agent of change in creating environmentally and socially sustainable world futures.

Question 14

GSCOs build themselves into viable organizations by .

A) building local organization effectiveness
B) creating bridges with other relevant organizations
C) developing vertical linkages with policymakers
D) all of the above

Question 15

Which of the following is false about GSCOs?

A) they advocate a mission of economic prosperity
B) their missions are supported by a network structure
C) they may interact with constituencies which are in conflict
D) they have strong values that guide their work

Question 16

Based on the United Nations World Commission on Environment and Development's description of sustainability, SMOs should be able to .

A) generate sustainable outcomes across economic, social, and ecological goals
B) improve employee commitment to recycling
C) identify ways to promote their commitment to the environment
D) educate consumers about the importance of sustainability initiatives

Question 17

Describe the dimensions that support sustainable effectiveness as SMOs assign resource allocations.

Question 18

A recent global study found that most CEOs do not value sustainability as a critical component of the future success of their firms.

Question 19

SMOs deliberately integrate economic, social, and ecological objectives. Explain this statement.

Question 20

GSCOs are part of a social innovation movement to foster the emergence of a global civilization.