Small-batch technology has a higher level of technical complexity than large-batch
technology.
The keiretsu system is a form of minority ownership.
Functional structure provides people with the opportunity to learn from one another and
become more specialized and productive.
“Felt conflict” is the fourth stage in Pondy’s model of organizational conflict.
The term “liability of newness” refers to the dangers associated with being the first to
operate in a new environment.
Matrix structures are a principal form of organic structure.
Shareholders are a part of an organization’s specific environment.
As compared to organizations with mechanistic and inert cultures, organizations with
organic and adaptive cultures are more likely to actively seek out new ways to manage
linkages with other organizations.
When each employee performs only a small part of a total task, identifying the
employees individual contribution to the task becomes easy.
Small-batch and unit technology scores highest on the dimension of technical
complexity.
Top managers should make all the decisions if an organization faces a rapidly changing
environment.
Intensive technology is less expensive to manage than either mediating or long-linked
technology.
Coca-Cola uses its marketing skills to defend its niche against PepsiCo. This is an
example of a functional-level strategy.
The CEO determines top management’s rewards and incentives.
To be effective, an organization must at least minimally satisfy the interests of all the
groups that have a stake in the organization.
Organizational structure is a source of organizational culture.
“Self-dealing” is the term used to describe the conduct of managers who take advantage
of their position to act in their own interests rather than in the interests of other
stakeholders.
Specialists can often outcompete generalists when there is considerable uncertainty in
the environment.
Which of the following statements is true regarding small-batch and unit technology?
A) The conversion process that results from this technology is typically flexible.
B) This technology is used by companies to produce massive volumes of standardized
products.
C) This technology is characterized by highest level of technical complexity.
D) This technology is used in the production of oil-products and chemicals.
Which of the following statements is most likely to be true regarding the embryonic
stage of a product life cycle?
A) During the embryonic stage, a product becomes technologically obsolete due to the
introduction of an alternative superior product.
B) A product in an embryonic stage has yet to gain widespread acceptance.
C) A Walkman is an example of a product that is currently in the embryonic stage.
D) The embryonic stage comes after the growth stage in a product life cycle.
Which of the following statements is true regarding the “manifest conflict” stage of
Pondy’s model?
A) This stage comes immediately after the “latent conflict” stage.
B) At this stage conflict is only perceived and there exists no outright conflict.
C) The “felt conflict” stage comes immediately after this stage.
D) Passive aggression occurs at this stage.
In the case global business, a ________ strategy is often used for situations in which
both local responsiveness and cost reduction are needed. As per this strategy, some
functions are centralized while others are decentralized at the global location best suited
to achieving these objectives.
A) transnational
B) vertical integration
C) market penetration
D) product development
Which of the following is a part of an organizations’ inputs?
A) salaries
B) suppliers
C) money and capital
D) shareholders
Which of the following is the primary disadvantage of backward and forward vertical
integration?
A) increased bureaucratic costs
B) decreased product quality
C) decreased environmental richness
D) loss of control over inputs
Which of the following organizational learning strategies, proposed by James March,
involves organizational members searching for and experimenting with new kinds or
forms of organizational activities and procedures to increase effectiveness?
A) exploration
B) exploitation
C) reciprocation
D) association
A ________ structure is a structure in which support functions are placed in
self-contained divisions.
A) market
B) product division
C) multidivisional
D) functional
Which of the following theories seeks to explain the factors that affect the rate at which
new organizations are born (and die) in a population of existing organizations?
A) contingency theory
B) population ecology theory
C) institutional theory
D) transaction cost theory
A manager in a company believes that it is ok to give illegal bribes to city officials to
get favorable decisions. His stance on corporate social responsibility could best be
described as ________.
A) defensive
B) obstructionist
C) accommodative
D) proactive
McDonald’s core competences in manufacturing, marketing, and materials management
create a competitive advantage over rivals Burger King and Wendy’s. This is an
example of a ________ strategy.
A) business-level
B) global expansion
C) corporate-level
D) functional-level
The quality of organizational decision-making is a function of the ________.
A) organizational core competences
B) environment of the organization
C) diversity of the viewpoints that get considered
D) value chain followed by the organization
An organization’s ability to obtain the benefits of politics depends on the assumption
that ________.
A) resources are being allocated to subunits on the basis of their performance
B) strong property rights are given to all the employees
C) power flows to those who can be of most help to the organization
D) all the employees are satisfied with their jobs
Which of the following statements is definitely true regarding environmental
complexity?
A) Environmental richness and environmental dynamism are inversely proportional to
each other.
B) As a company begins to produce a wider variety of products for different groups of
customers, its environmental complexity begins to decrease.
C) Environmental complexity is a function of the organizational structure selected by a
company.
D) The more interconnected the forces in an organization’s specific and general
environments, the more uncertainty the organization faces.
Which of the following terms refers to the process of responding to a problem by
searching for and selecting a solution or course of action that will create the most value
for organizational stakeholders?
A) organizational learning
B) organizational isomorphism
C) organizational decision-making
D) organizational development
Nova Electronics is a company that manufactures computers. It depends on H&L, Inc.
for the supply of microprocessor chips. H&L, Inc. is the only company that
manufactures the particular type and quality of microprocessor chips that are required
by Nova electronics. The relationship between Nova Electronics and H&L, Inc. is an
example of a ________ interdependency.
A) competitive
B) sequential
C) symbiotic
D) distributive
The costs of negotiating, monitoring, and governing exchanges between people are
known as the ________ costs.
A) transaction
B) historical
C) sunk
D) opportunity
Discuss the significance of suppliers as an outside stakeholder group.
What are the three types of organizational isomorphisms?
Explain the advantages of using a collateral organizational structure.
What are the disadvantages of the global product-group structure?
Discuss the difference between evolutionary and revolutionary change.
Discuss the significance of direct supervision.
Discuss the difference between top-down and bottom-up changes.
Describe the characteristics of a boundaryless organization.
According to Joan Woodward, how does technical complexity affect the structure of an
organization?