Which of the following statements is true regarding a product team structure?
A) Use of product team structure increases the product development time.
B) In a product team structure divisions are organized according to the requirements of
the different locations in which an organization operates.
C) A product team structure is more decentralized than a functional structure.
D) Typically, a product team structure is used by an organization that operates in a
stable environment where the requirements of the customers do not change quickly.
A laundry detergent manufacturer established self-contained foreign divisions in every
country in which it operates. Authority is decentralized to managers in each overseas
division, and they devise the appropriate strategy for responding to the needs of the
local environment. This company is pursuing ________ a(n) strategy.
A) multidomestic
B) international
C) global
D) transnational
Which of the following is most likely to be an effect of adopting a new technology?
A) task relationships among workers change
B) selective perception of the organizational members increases
C) the production level of the organization decreases
D) the culture of the organization changes
Formal linkage mechanisms should be used when companies ________.
A) exchange specific assets
B) have many possible exchange partners
C) operate in stable environment
D) have matrix organizational structure
Which of the following terms refers to a strategy for generating and acquiring
knowledge that managers can use to define an organization’s future state?
A) restructuring
B) organizational Development
C) action research
D) benchmarking
Which of the following technologies has low task variability and low task
analyzability?
A) routine manufacturing
B) craftswork
C) engineering production
D) nonroutine research
Which of the following statements is most likely to be true about specialists?
A) Specialists compete for resources in many or all niches in an environment.
B) Typically, a specialist is better able to survive in an uncertain environment than a
generalist.
C) Specialists are often able to develop core competences that allow them to outperform
generalists in that niche.
D) As compared to generalists, specialists produce a wider range of products.
A stage-gate development funnel typically has ________ gates.
A) one
B) two
C) three
D) four
At which stage of a stage-gate development funnel do prospective managers develop a
detailed product development plan that includes information about factors such as
strategic and financial objectives and human resource requirements?
A) stage 1
B) stage 2
C) stage 3
D) stage 4
Rick is the only person in the finance department who knows how to fix the computer
when it breaks down. The source of Rick’s power is ________.
A) control over resources
B) control over the premises of decision-making
C) authority
D) nonsubstitutability
Which of the following statements about authority is true?
A) When authority is centralized, there is generally more scope for people to engage in
behaviors aimed at gaining power.
B) Once the authority is decentralized to a subordinate by a manager, then the manager
does not bear the consequences of the subordinate’s failure.
C) When authority is centralized in an organization, employees take more
responsibilities and are more likely to initiate new actions.
D) Decentralizing authority to a subordinate does not necessarily reduce a manager’s
authority.
According to the force-field theory, when the two sets of opposing forces, force for
change and resistance to change, are evenly balanced in an organization, the
organization ________.
A) attempts to grow by diversifying its business in unrelated areas
B) is operating at the optimum production level that maximizes economies of scale
C) is in a state of inertia
D) attempts to grow by engaging in vertical integration
A focus strategy is a(n) ________ strategy.
A) business-level
B) functional-level
C) supply-level
D) environmental-level
The method an organization chooses to manage conflict depends on the ________.
A) tallness of the organizational hierarchy
B) source of the problem
C) property rights given to the employees
D) extent of horizontal differentiation within the organization
Which of the following is a typical characteristic of a boundaryless organization?
A) presence of tall organizational hierarchy
B) use of electronic means to connect people
C) use of a functional structure
D) lack of organizational flexibility
When an information system is designed according to a ________ approach to
knowledge management, it shows employees who in the organization might possess the
knowledge they might need or who might have confronted a similar problem in the
past.
A) personalization
B) cognitive
C) codification
D) systems thinking
The term ________ refers to companies’ attempts to use all kinds of information
systems to improve their performance.
A) reengineering
B) restructuring
C) reorganizing
D) e-engineering
Which of the following statements is most likely to be true regarding the mature stage
of a product life cycle?
A) In a product life cycle, the mature stage comes immediately after the embryonic
stage.
B) A product in the maturity stage has yet to gain widespread acceptance because the
consumers are unsure about the value proposition offered by the product.
C) During the mature stage, demand for a product is typically replacement demand
because incremental innovation has resulted in a new generation of the product.
D) In a product life cycle, the mature stage is followed by the embryonic stage.
________ is the process by which people recognize opportunities to satisfy needs and
then gather and use resources to meet those needs.
A) Moonlighting
B) Benchmarking
C) Entrepreneurship
D) Social loafing
Top management’s ability to perceive and respond to changes in the environment or to
initiate change and be first to take advantage of a new opportunity indicates the
effectiveness of the organization as per the ________ approach.
A) external resource
B) transactional
C) internal systems
D) technical
Which of the following is an example of an official goal?
A) reduce delivery time to customer
B) become a leading producer of a product
C) increase market share
D) increase product quality
Which of the following is the first stage of growth according to Greiner’s model of
organizational growth?
A) growth through coordination
B) growth through direction
C) growth through delegation
D) growth through creativity
Which of the following interorganizational strategies for managing symbiotic
interdependencies is the most formal?
A) cooptation
B) takeover
C) strategic alliance
D) franchising
The move from a functional structure to some form of divisional structure, and the
move from one divisional structure to another, represents one of the most common
kinds of ________ effort.
A) restructuring
B) innovation
C) TQM
D) reengineering
A top-level manager in an organization thinks that he is the only person in the
organization who can oversee global expansion. Which of the following cognitive
biases is being experienced by this manager?
A) cognitive dissonance
B) representativeness
C) ego-defensiveness
D) illusion of control