The analysis of whether the new division should be centralized or decentralized should
include all of the following EXCEPT:
Scenario – Javier Gomez
Javier is a veteran manager with Pixel International, Inc. (PII). Recently PII purchased a
small business in the printing industry. Javier has been assigned the task of managing
this new acquisition and is currently deciding how best to design its structure.
Currently, employees are assigned to one of three departments, including sales,
production, and legal defense.
a. the level of change and uncertainty in the environment.
b. corporate history and culture.
c. the threat of crisis or the risk of company failure.
d. the structure of competitors and customers.
e. all of these should be included.
A _____ change is related to the organization production process.
a. new product
b. technological
c. structural
d. culture/people
e. competitive
Kristen, in her role as team leader, has recently switched her style from one of
clarifying team roles to one of emphasizing task accomplishment. Her change was
driven by a desire to keep pace with her team, which has evolved from the _____ stage
to the _____ stage of team development.
a. forming, storming
b. storming, performing
c. performing, adjourning
d. norming, performing
e. storming, reforming
_____ are natural talents and abilities that have been supported and reinforced with
learned knowledge and skills and provide each individual with his or her best tools for
accomplishment and satisfaction.
a. Strengths
b. Traits
c. Characteristics
d. Abilities
e. Leadership tendencies
Associated with the condition of _____ is the lowest possibility of failure.
a. ambiguity
b. uncertainty
c. certainty
d. risk
e. all of these
_____ is(are) categories of sexual harassment.
a. Inappropriate/offensive
b. Coercion with threat of punishment
c. Solicitation with promise of reward
d. Generalized
e. All of these
In the adjourning stage of team development, task performance is not a priority.
a. True
b. False
Geocentric companies are truly world-oriented and favor no specific country.
a. True
b. False
The planning process begins with which of these?
a. The development of operational goals
b. The development of a mission statement
c. Communication of goals to the rest of the organization
d. A company-wide meeting
e. Brainstorming
An SBU stands for Star Business Unit.
a. True
b. False
When departments are grouped together on the basis of organizational outputs, the
organization is using a:
a. functional structure.
b. matrix structure.
c. divisional structure.
d. virtual network structure.
e. team-based structure.
Which of these refers to an unincorporated business owned by an individual for profit?
a. Partnership
b. Sole proprietorship
c. Corporation
d. Association
e. Trade alliance
List three of the six moral rights that should be considered during decision making.
A closed innovation approach generates ideas in-house and sees them through
production, marketing, and distribution. Write a short essay that contrasts this approach
with “open innovation,” including two detailed examples that illustrate your answer.
_____ justice requires that rules should be clearly stated and consistently and
impartially enforced.
What is the team approach to departmentalization and what are its main disadvantages?
Explain the appraisal process known as “360-degree feedback.”
The ethical concept that moral behaviors produce the greatest good for the greatest
number is referred to as _____ approach.