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1. Organizational theory refers to the
a. a study that investigates the impact that individuals, groups, and structures have on behavior within an organization.
b. set of forces and conditions that operate outside an organization's boundaries.
c. set of shared values and norms that control organizational members' interactions with each other and with suppliers, customers, and other people outside the organization.
d. study of how organizations function and how they affect and are affected by the environment in which they operate.
2. What three approaches can managers choose among to make their organization effective?
3. Which of the following is an example of organization effectiveness”?
a. Management by objectives
b. Meeting quarterly sales quota
c. Excelling in leadership
d. Productivity
4. Asking your team to list all of their responsibilities and tasks provides:
Information that can be assessed to improve company performance.
Information that helps streamline roles and downsize the organization.
Critical feedback to assess personnel conflict of interest and commitment.
The critical feedback that can be analyzed to assess retention processes.
5. Internal communication is critical to organizational success, and should be approached from:
a future state of vision to reflect how you want the internal communication to look, feel and operate.
present-day management priorities to understand personnel issues.
by a map of channels that define organizational structure and communication protocol.
developmental strategic and tactical plans that outline administrative priorities.
6. Strategically managed organizations challenge and stimulate their managers by:
insisting in a comprehensive analysis of the competition for accountability and the benefits to the consumer
insisting on quarterly audits to assess the market share and investment growth
focusing on a theme that can generate well-established engagement with external competitors
negotiating objectives between corporate and business units as a compromise for share growth and profits