Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)

1. Deming’s quality control method is often referred to now as total quality management.
2. Quality circles do not involve employees in improving the work environment and the quality of the output by making suggestions to upper management for areas of improvement.
3. Organizational cultures also exist within local or national cultures that have their own influence on the behaviors of organizational members.
4. The ability to effectively adopt change became the difference between successful and mediocre organizations.
5. To illustrate why organizations often succeed at learning, Argyris developed two models of managerial thinking: Model I and Model II.


1. True
2. False
3. True
4. True
5. False

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