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1. To avoid development costs, a U.S. tennis racquet company forms a licensing agreement with a South African company, which allows the

a. U.S. company and the South African company to merge.

b. U.S. company to manufacture the racquets in South Africa.

c. South African company to have access to the technology used to make the racquets.

d. U.S. company and the South African company to combine their resources to make the racquets.

2. To speed up the communication from the top managers down to the lower-level employees and vice versa, a CEO would most likely

a. reorganize the chain of command, thereby decreasing the flatness of the company.

b. expand the chain of command, thereby increasing the tallness of the company.

c. centralize the company, thereby changing it from a flat organization to a tall organization.

d. decentralize the company, thereby changing it from a tall organization to a flat organization.

3. Which of the following allows an organization to manage its global value chain and to find new ways to reduce costs while increasing the quality of products?

a. coordinating mechanisms

b. network structures

c. integration devices

d. functional alliances

4. The manager of 24-7, a convenience store, keeps track of the average sale amount for each customer as a way of deciding on the product mix to be carried in the store. This is an example of ________ control.

a. feedforward

b. output

c. input

d. MBO