The Six Critical Systems
Quiz by Judy Love
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- Q1This system deals with setting priorities and goalsDirectional SystemKnowledge Development and Transmission SystemEvaluation SystemRecruitment and Induction System30s
- Q2This system often uses sanctions.Recruitment and Induction SystemBoundary SystemPower and Authority SystemEvaluation System30s
- Q3This system uses the structured conversations of learning communities to focus on engagement.Power and Authority SystemKnowledge Development and Transmission SystemEvaluation SystemBoundary System30s
- Q4This system is all about measurement especially for merit, worth and status.Power and Authority SystemBoundary SystemRecruitment and Induction SystemEvaluation System30s
- Q5This system is used as a means of communicating expectations (norms and values) to new and exsiting employees.Directional SystemRecruitment and Induction SystemEvaluation SystemBoundary System30s
- Q6This system views the principal as "the keeper of the keys", the person in control.Recruitment and Induction SystemEvaluation SystemBoundary SystemThe Power and Authority System30s
- Q7The following is an example of which two systems? School resources are allocated according to goals the school has set. Goal setting and supportive allocations are openly discussed and shared with staff so all understand and feel the resource allocations are the right thing to do.Directional & Recruitment and Induction SystemsBoundary & Power and Authority SystemsDirectional System & Knowledge and Development SystemsRecruitment and Induction and Evaluation Systems30s
- Q8This system uses different types of information to connect audience. Examples include stories, poems, movies, and music.Directional SystemKnowledge Development and Transmission SystemBoundary SystemEvaluation System30s
- Q9When an adult tells a student, "Do this because I told you to do it!" What's going on with the critical systems?An emphasis on the power and authority systemAll answers are correct.Loss of the directional systemBreakdown of the knowledge transmission system30s
- Q10When a school creates a clear and compelling set of beliefs, a vision, a mission, goals and norms, which system or systems are being tamed?Boundary, Evaluation, and Power and AuthorityDirectional & Knowledge Development and TransmissionRecruitment and InductionAll of these are correct.30s