ORGANIZATION SCIENSE

The span of control is the number of employees who report to a single manager or supervisor and is generally influenced by departmental technology. TRUE. FALSE.

Operative goals refer to the formally stated definition of business scope and outcomes the organization is trying to achieve. TRUE. FALSE.

As organizations grow, less technical and professional support staff is recommended. TRUE. FALSE.

A strong organizational culture is a primary characteristic of a learning organization. TRUE. FALSE.

The population ecology perspective claims that large companies cannot adapt to meet a changing environment, so new companies emerge with the appropriate form and skills to serve new needs. TRUE. FALSE.

Tacit knowledge is formal, systematic knowledge that can be written down and passed on to others. TRUE. FALSE.

The differentiation strategy: Is K. D. Bowerman's "Strategy for Empowerment.". Was developed by Frederic Taylor. Was popularized by Henri Fayol. Is one of Michael Porter's competitive strategies.

With the low-cost strategy, the organization concentrates on a specific regional market or buyer group. TRUE. FALSE.

The Carnegie Model of organizational decision-making was developed by Max Weber. TRUE. FALSE.

Low uncertainty avoidance means that people have a high tolerance for the unstructured, the unclear, and the unpredictable. TRUE. FALSE.

The importance of organizations includes all of the following concepts except: Establishing important relationships with the government. Bring together resources for achieving desired goals and outcomes. Create value for owners, customers, and employees. Facilitate innovation.

Management science is an excellent device for organizational decision-making when problems are analyzable and when the variables can be identified and measured. TRUE. FALSE.

A joint venture is a separate entity created with two or more active firms as sponsors. TRUE. FALSE.

Weber believed a well-managed bureaucracy would ensure efficient organizational functioning in government and business settings. TRUE. FALSE.

Which of the following is not an element of organizational design?. Tasks. Technological advances. Structure. Systems.

Efficiency refers to the amount of resources used to achieve the organization's goals, whereas effectiveness refers to the degree to which an organization achieves its goals. TRUE. FALSE.

Non-programmed decisions are repetitive and well-defined, and procedures exist to resolve the problem. TRUE. FALSE.

Most managers today are moving towards bureaucratic cultures because of a need for greater flexibility. TRUE. FALSE.

Engineering technologies tend to be low in analyzability and high in variety. TRUE. FALSE.

A horizontal structure is characterized by coordination around geographical areas. TRUE. FALSE.

In rapidly changing environments, an organic structure is usually better. TRUE. FALSE.

When looking for strengths and weaknesses, top management is: Assessing the external environment. Evaluating the internal situation in order to define its distinctive competence. Wasting its time since it has no control over these things. Analyzing the competition.

Innovation and changing goals are increasingly important, even though they initially cause a significant profit increase. TRUE. FALSE.

Transaction processing systems facilitate decision-making at the highest levels of management. TRUE. FALSE.

Since decision-making, communication, and coordination problems are greatest for reciprocal interdependence, reciprocal interdependence should receive last priority in organization structure. TRUE. FALSE.

Functional grouping places employees together who perform similar work processes and typically have comparable knowledge and skills. TRUE. FALSE.

Most companies combine characteristics of multiple structures to take advantage of the strengths and avoid some of the weaknesses. TRUE. FALSE.

A company typically shifts its interest from domestic activity to exporting in the 3rd stage (multinational) of international development. TRUE. FALSE.

In the changing role of management, managers think about vertical processes rather than horizontal structures. TRUE. FALSE.

The bounded rationality approach is often associated with programmed decision processes. TRUE. FALSE.

The degree to which organizational tasks are subdivided into separate jobs is referred to as. formalization. centralization. professionalism. specialization.

The matrix structure: 🔘 a. is known for its quality of centralization of key decisions for organizational control. 🔘 b. always keeps dual-authority relationships. ✅ 🔘 c. is designed for use within a bureaucracy. 🔘 d. should be considered only in a stable environment. is known for its quality of centralization of key decisions for organizational control. always keeps dual-authority relationships. is designed for use within a bureaucracy. should be considered only in a stable environment.

The greatest uncertainty for an organization occurs in which environment?. Simple, unstable. Complex, unstable. Complex, stable. Simple, stable.