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1. The lowest level of horizontal coordination is relational coordination. True False

2. Emphasis on learning and adaptation is associated with centralized decision making. True False

3. With _____, decision authority is pushed downward to lower organization levels. centralization decentralization full-time integration task forces

4. The matrix structure is the correct structure when three conditions are met. Which of the following is one of these three conditions? Pressure exists to share scarce resources across product lines. Technical quality is not very important. The environmental domain of the organization is simple. The environmental domain of the organization is certain and stable.

5. Which of the following is true of a divisional structure? It is also known as chain of command. It is also called a U-form (unitary) structure. It is a centralized structural form. It is used to promote flexibility and change.

6. The biggest strength of virtual network structures is that managers have hands-on control over every activity and employee. True False

7. For the organization to be effective, departments should be located together in one geographic location rather than being spread all over the world. True False

8. _____ means people are organized according to what the organization produces. Functional grouping Divisional grouping Multifocused grouping Horizontal grouping.

9. A(n) _____ involves the purchase of one organization by another so that the buyer assumes control. merger joint venture consolidation acquisition

10. Advertising is of great importance only in companies that face less competition and have low sales. True False

11. _____ link and coordinate an organization with key elements in the external environment. Market analysts Human resource executives Strategic-planning roles Boundary-spanning roles

12. The traditional approach to coping with environmental uncertainty was: to lay off employees. to merge existing departments into one. to establish buffer departments. to replace human resource with technology.

13. Economic conditions are included in the general environment. True False Question

14. An organization’s _____ is the chosen environmental field of action. domain strategy mission policy

15. Environmental _____ refers to heterogeneity, or the number and dissimilarity of external elements. dynamics complexity uncertainty compatibility

16. In the changing role of management, managers think about vertical processes rather than horizontal structures. True False

17. _____ means identifying who is best at something in an industry and then duplicating the technique for creating excellence, perhaps even improving it in the process. Retention Benchmarking Ballooning Variation

18. According to the population-ecology view, when looking at an organizational population as a whole, the changing environment determines which organizations survive or fail. True False

19. Which of the following stages of the population ecology model of organizations refers to the preservation and institutionalization of selected organizational forms? Retention Variation Exertion Selection

20. Companies accept normative pressures to become like one another due to _____. dependence obligation uncertainty independence

21. Given their flexibility, specialists are able to reallocate resources internally to adapt to a changing environment, whereas generalists are not. True False

22. Interorganizational linkages encourage risk taking. True False

23. _____ are pressures to achieve standards of professionalism and to adopt techniques that are considered by the professional community to be up to date and effective. Mimetic forces Coercive forces Normative forces Generic forces

24. The goal of a company in the elaboration stage is _____. survival growth reputation expansion

25. Steve, an entrepreneur, started a breakfast-on-the-go business that focused on providing customized breakfast packages to students and executives in his neighborhood. He had fifty people working for him who had the liberty to make decisions and propose improvement plans. Which of the following would most likely be a characteristic of Steve’s business? Mechanistic management A complex structure Niche finding A stable market

26. Every time a layer of bureaucracy is added, information gets diluted. True False

27. Which of the following reasons has spurred budding entrepreneurs to take a chance on starting their own company? The high rate of success of small businesses Economic woes and layoffs at many large firms Easy availability of financial resources Lucrative outsourcing prospects

28. Small companies become a victim of their own success: as they grow large and shift to a complex structure. when they cannot manage their profits and make incorrect decisions. when they overestimate the demand and block funds in inventory storage. as they spawn entrepreneurs rather than “organization men.”

29. Which of the following is true of managers in the collectivity stage of an organization? Top managers may get replaced during this period as the organization reaches maturity. Middle management may resent the intrusion of staff. Strong managers are hired at this level to deal with issues. Lower-level managers begin to acquire more confidence and want more discretion.

30. _____ occurs when price competition is used to evaluate the output and productivity of an organization or its major departments and divisions. Clan control Market control Bureaucratic control Economic control