In a multidivisional structure, each division is independent and self-contained.
An organization can reduce environmental uncertainty by entering into global markets.
The embryonic stage comes after the growth stage in a product life cycle.
According to Weitzel and Jonsson’s model of organizational decline, when an
organization reaches the dissolution stage, it cannot recover, and decline is irreversible.
An increase in the horizontal differentiation leads to an increase in the vertical
differentiation.
Weber’s first principle indicates that choices affecting the design of an organization’s
hierarchy should be based on the needs of the task, not on the needs of the person
performing the task.
Third-party linkage mechanisms tend to increase the complexity of the environment and
thus reduce its richness.
Organizational conflict is always dysfunctional, because it is an unanticipated or
unintended consequence of formal structure and procedures.
Disjunctive socialization tactics segregate newcomers from existing organizational
members during the learning process.
Empowerment is the deliberate decentralization of authority to encourage subordinates
to assume responsibility for organizational activities.
The term organizational domain refers to the particular range of goods and services that
the organization produces, and the customers and other stakeholders it serves.
Mechanistic structure is characterized by a flat hierarchy, decentralized
decision-making.
Economic forces, such as interest rates, are considered to be specific environmental
forces rather than a general environmental forces.
Rites of enhancement mark an individual’s entry to, promotion in, and departure from
the organization.
In a multidivisional structure, corporate headquarters can identify the divisions in which
an investment of capital will yield the highest returns.
Indispensability can be achieved by decreasing centrality.
Government is a part of organizational environment.
Quantum technological change refers to the improvements that are continuously made
to particular technologies over time.
According to the study conducted by Tom Burns and G. M. Stalker, an organization
functioning in a stable environment should have ________.
A) mechanistic organizational structure
B) high levels of integration
C) high levels of differentiation
D) decentralized decision-making procedures
According to Woodward’s research, an organization using which of the following
technologies is most likely to have the flattest organizational structure?
A) small-batch technology
B) sequential-process technology
C) large-batch technology
D) continuous-process technology
Which of the following statements is true regarding an incremental innovation?
A) An incremental innovation results due to a fundamental shift in technology that
revolutionizes products or the way in which they are produced.
B) As compared to quantum innovations, incremental innovations are more likely to
cause major changes in an environment.
C) Total quality management (TQM) is an example of an incremental innovation.
D) According to Philip Anderson and Michael Tushman, technological discontinuities
result due to incremental innovation.
Dedicated machines ________.
A) are ideal for short production runs
B) produce a narrow range of products
C) are very expensive to operate
D) require high-skilled operators
The ________ is the set of values and norms that govern the behavior of a population of
organizations.
A) environmental benchmark
B) cultural cluster
C) population density
D) institutional environment
Which of the following goals set by an organization to measure effectiveness indicates
that it is using the external resource approach to measure organizational effectiveness?
A) reduce production costs
B) increase coordination and motivation of employees
C) gain support of stakeholders such as government or environmentalists
D) reduce delivery time to customer
Interacting with individuals and groups outside the organization to obtain valuable
information and knowledge from the environment is known as a ________ activity.
A) reciprocal logrolling
B) business process reengineering
C) vale engineering
D) boundary-spanning
Which of the following is used to convey cultural values to organizational members?
A) annual reports
B) organizational stories
C) red herring prospectus
D) BCG matrix
According to Perrow an organization that performs nonroutine tasks will have a(n)
________.
A) mechanistic structure
B) flat hierarchy of authority
C) centralized decision-making authority
D) high degree of formalization
A subunit within an organization can increase its power by ________.
A) building and managing coalitions
B) decreasing its nonsubstitutability
C) empowering its members
D) decreasing its centrality
Which of the following terms refers to a form of organizational structure in which
people can be held accountable for their actions because they are required to act in
accordance with well-specified and agreed-upon rules and standard operating
procedures?
A) an organic organization
B) a bureaucracy
C) a matrix organization
D) an autocracy
________ role orientation results when individuals are allowed and encouraged to be
creative and to experiment with changing norms and values to better achieve
organizational values.
A) Institutionalized
B) Formalized
C) Individualized
D) Centralized
In an organization, all the newly hired trainees have to go through a pre-designed
classroom training program. This is an example of a(n) ________.
A) individualized role orientation
B) disjunctive socialization tactic
C) institutionalized role orientation
D) informal training program
________ is the process by which organizational members learn and internalize the
norms of an organization.
A) Mutual adjustment
B) Standardization
C) Differentiation
D) Socialization
Organic structures are characterized by ________.
A) loosely defined organizational roles
B) predictable work processes
C) high levels of standardization
D) centralized organizational structures
________ are entrepreneurs inside an organization who are responsible for the success
or failure of a project.
A) Free riders
B) Whistle-blowers
C) Boundary spanners
D) Intrapreneurs
McDonald’s is trying to determine whether it should make its own fast-food containers
or buy them from international suppliers. This decision is a part of the ________
management.
A) structural environment
B) competitive interdependency
C) global supply chain
D) symbiotic interdependency
Which of the following terms refers to the amount of resources available to support an
organization’s domain?
A) environmental dynamism
B) environmental complexity
C) environmental richness
D) environmental naturalness
Because controlling the production of many different foods within the same
manufacturing unit proved to be difficult and resulted in increasing costs, a packaged
food manufacturer created separate product divisions that make frozen vegetables,
frozen entrees, canned soups, and baked goods. This design decision will ________
within the organization.
A) decrease horizontal differentiation
B) increase vertical differentiation
C) increase horizontal differentiation
D) decrease vertical differentiation
Which of the following corporate-level strategies is most likely to have the lowest
bureaucratic costs?
A) related diversification
B) forward vertical integration
C) unrelated diversification
D) backward vertical integration
A ________ structure is the system of interrelated beliefs, preferences, expectations,
and values that a person uses to define problems and events.
A) cognitive
B) affective
C) normative
D) mimetic
Which of the following is one of the five stages in Greiner’s model of growth?
A) direction
B) integration
C) association
D) centralization
What is process consultation?
Describe the advantages of a network structure.
According to the population ecology theory, what are the various factors due to which
the number of organizational births in a new environment is rapid at first?
What is subunit orientation?
Explain the characteristics of mediating technology as described by Thompson.
Explain the advantages of the computer-integrated manufacturing (CIM) technique.