Which of the following concepts argues that organizations can find innovative ways to
create wealth at the same time they are preserving natural resources?
a. Preservation
b. Conservation
c. Environmentalism
d. Protectionism
e. Sustainability
_____ is the extent to which doing the job provides information back to the employee
about his or her performance.
a. Feedback
b. Assessment
c. Evaluation
d. Satisfaction
e. Fulfillment
A formal statement of the organization’s values regarding moral principles and
governing its response to social values is called a code of ethics.
a. True
b. False
_____ refers to the concept that different treatment of people should not be based on
arbitrary characteristics.
a. Procedural justice
b. Compensatory justice
c. Distributive justice
d. Organizational justice
e. Moral-justice
The advantage of buying an existing business is the ability to develop and design the
business in the entrepreneur’s own way.
a. True
b. False
Policy-based statements generally outline the procedure to be used in specific ethical
situations.
a. True
b. False
Which of the following means extending the search for and commercializing new ideas
beyond the boundaries of the organization and even beyond the boundaries of the
industry?
a. An idea champion
b. Open innovation
c. A new-venture team
d. An idea incubator
e. An inventor
In goal-setting theory, _____ refers to the idea that employees have to “buy into” the
goals.
a. goal specificity
b. goal difficulty
c. goal acceptance
d. feedback
e. goal motivation
_____ departments include all of those that provide specialized skills in support of
_____ departments.
a. Line; staff
b. Staff; line
c. Primary; functional
d. Functional; primary
e. Line; functional
A foreign subsidiary over which an organization has complete control is called a:
a. joint venture.
b. licensing agreement.
c. franchise.
d. wholly owned foreign affiliate.
e. foreign venture.
The _____ approach to change implementation should be used when users have power
to resist.
a. education
b. participation
c. coercion
d. top management support
e. domination
A responsibility center involves the coordination of mulitple managers from various
departments to carry out an activity.
a. True
b. False
When values and standards are written into the legal system, it is referred to as _____.
What is social responsibility? Why is it considered a difficult concept to grasp?
With the _____, the organization and the individual attempt to match the needs,
interests, and values that they offer each other.
List three examples of primary stakeholders.
The _____ model is an approach to product change that emphasizes shared
development of innovations among several departments.
Three frameworks for corporate-level strategy are portfolio, the BCG matrix, and
diversification. Write a short essay that explains each approach to corporate-level
strategy. Be sure to give your assessment of whether these approaches create synergy in
an organization. Finally, identify which of the three approaches you think is most valid,
and explain your rationale for your choice.
A preference for a loosely knit social framework in which individuals are expected to
take care of themselves is called _____.
In countries where women are often in positions of high status, the Globe Project would
describe that culture as high in _____.
The _____ represents people in the environment who can be hired to work for the
organization.
The _____ lists planned investments in major assets such as buildings, trucks, and
heavy machinery, often involving expenditures over more than a year.