Chap 2 prm

The term systems approach emerged in the ____.

• 1940s
• 1950s
• 1960s
• 1970s

Systems ____ is a problem-solving approach that requires defining the scope of the system, dividing it into its components, and then identifying and evaluating its problems, opportunities, constraints, and needs.

• analysis
• philosophy
• management
• system

Organizational and ____ are both examples of spheres in the systems management model.

• analytical
• marketing
• philosophical
• technological

The systems approach requires that project managers ____ view their projects in the context of the larger organization.

• never
• rarely
• sometimes
• always

The ____ frame of an organization focuses on producing harmony between the needs of the organization and the needs of the people.

• symbolic
• structural
• human resources
• political

According to the ____ frame, what is most important about any event in an organization is not what actually happened, but what it means.

• structural
• symbolic
• human resources
• political

The R in an ERP system stands for ____.

• resource
• rescue
• retrofit
• reframing

A ____ organizational structure is the hierarchy most people think of when picturing an organizational chart.

• management
• project
• functional
• matrix

Project managers have the ____ authority in a pure project organization and the ____ amount of authority in a pure functional organization.

• most/most
• most/least
• least/most
• least/least

In a ____ organizational structure, the project manager has little or no authority.

• functional
• weak matrix
• strong matrix
• project