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59.
Frappe operates as a strategic business unit (SBU) under More or Less Inc., a home-
furnishings manufacturer. From this information, it may be reasonable to infer that
60.
W. L. Gore has four product divisions: electronic products, industrial products, medical
products, and fabrics division. It also has manufacturing facilities in the U.S., China,
Germany, Japan, and Scotland, and business activities in 30 countries across the globe.
Based on this information, which of the following statements is most accurate?
61.
Why should managers using the M-form organizational structure to support a related-
diversification strategy ideally concentrate decision making at the top of the organization?
62.
FTZ Inc. is an electronic appliances manufacturer that has many strategic business units
(SBUs), among which, television and computers share a close relationship. These SBUs
have to fight each other for R&D funding because there is a combined amount set aside
for these two units. However, they share technological findings with each other and work
together to ensure that their combined output is better that of the other SBUs. Such a
relationship between SBUs in a business is referred to as
63.
An organization that is organized according to strategic business units (SBUs) and also
along organizational structures is most likely using a _____ structure.
64.
A firm that uses a structure that is organized along different business functions such as
HR, R&D, Sales, and Marketing and also along different geographical areas such as
different countries of the world is most likely using a _____ structure.
65.
Which of the following global strategies best matches with a multidivisional structure?
66.
Which of the following organizational structures matches best with an international
strategy?
67.
Why is the optimal organizational structure a multidivisional structure?
68.
_____ describes the collectively shared values and norms of an organization's members.
69.
_____ define appropriate employee attitudes and behaviors.
70.
Employees learn about an organization's culture through the process of
71.
Zappos' 10 core values that define what it means for employees to be working at Zappos
also define the _____ of Zappos.
72.
The most important yet least visible element of organizational culture is
73.
Which of the following statements best describes groupthink?
74.
Which of the following types of groups is most susceptible to groupthink?
75.
Zappos established its unique organizational culture
76.
Why does Zappos offer its new recruits $2,000 to quit at the end of the first week of their
job?
77.
What is most likely to happen if a firm relies too long on a competency without honing,
refining, and upgrading as the firm and the environment change?
78.
GM's insistence on sticking to a bureaucratic culture combined with its M-form structure
and its subsequent failure to adapt to changing customer preferences for more fuel-
efficient cars, produce higher quality, and create innovative designs best exemplifies
79.
Organizational culture can be the basis of a firm's competitive advantage if
80.
Which of the following real-world scenarios best exemplifies the use of organizational
culture to build competitive advantage?
81.
Why is it difficult to imitate the organizational culture of firms like Southwest Airlines and
Zappos?
82.
Which of the following statements about an organization's culture is
not
true?
83.
Which of the following statements is true of organizational culture?
84.
Organizational culture can help a firm gain and sustain competitive advantage only if the
culture makes a positive contribution to the firm's economic value creation and
