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Quiz: Introduction to Organizations and
Organizational Theory
Due Mar 24 at 11:59pm
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Questions 26
Time Limit 45 Minutes
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The quiz:
Covers the Learnmaterial from Module 1: Week 1.
Contains 25 multiple-choice, true/false questions and 1 essay question.
Is limited to 45 minutes.
Allows 1 attempt.
Is worth 90 points.
Submit this assignment by 11:59 p.m. (ET) on Sunday of Module 1: Week 1.
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True
False
Question 3
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Complexity
Specialization
Decentralization
Formalization
Question 4
3 / 3 pts
Question 2
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With decentralization, decision-making authority is pushed up to higher organizational levels.
_____ refers to the number of distinct departments or activities within an organization.
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Effectiveness
Contingency
Sustainability
Eciency
Question 5
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Financial resources for for-prot businesses come from government appropriations, grants, and
donations, while nonprot organizations are funded by the sale of products or services to customers.
In for-prot businesses, managers focus on improving an organization’s products and services to
increase sales revenues, while in nonprot organizations, however, services are typically provided to
nonpaying clients.
For-prot businesses are committed to servicing clients with limited funds, while nonprot organizations
have access to unlimited funds to service clients.
In for-prot businesses, services are typically provided to nonpaying clients, while in nonprot
organizations, services are typically provided to paying clients.
Question 6
3 / 3 pts
Functional dimensions
Administrative principles
Contingency factors
Structural dimensions
Question 7
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_____ refers to the amount of resources used to achieve an organization’s goals.
Which of the following is a difference between for-prot businesses and nonprot organizations?
_____ provide labels to describe the internal characteristics of an organization.
As the Operations Manager of a manufacturing plant, you have recently become aware of a conict. The
purchasing department wants to switch to a foreign supplier of a particular component part in order to
save money, but the manufacturing oor manager says the new supplier’s parts are lower in quality,
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Solving an ethical dilemma
Motivating employees to work together to achieve organizational goals
Creating a more diverse workforce
Adapting to conducting business in a global environment
Question 8
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Organizational technology
Scientic management
Hierarchy of authority
Administrative principles
IncorrectQuestion 9
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Service technology
Large size
Adaptive culture
Innovation strategy
Feedback: Various contingency factors will inuence whether an organization is more effective with a
primarily mechanistic or a primarily organic design. Large size, eciency strategy, stable environment,
rigid culture, manufacturing technology are the typical contingency factors that will inuence whether
the organization is more effective with a primarily mechanistic organization design.
Question 10
3 / 3 pts
Strategic intent
The resource-based approach
break more easily, and thus, fewer pieces pass the nal inspection, lowering overall production. Which of
the following challenges are you facing?
_____ describes who reports to whom and the span of control for each manager.
Which of the following contingency factors will inuence whether an organization is more effective with
a primarily mechanistic organization design?
_____ means that all the organization's energies and resources are directed toward a focused, unifying,
and compelling overall goal.
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Coalitional management
The stakeholder approach
Question 11
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vision statement
mission statement
policy
strategy
IncorrectQuestion 12
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operating goal.
decision guideline.
mission.
strategy.
Feedback: The overall goal for an organization is often called the mission—the organization’s reason for
existence.
Question 13
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Market
Protability
Innovation
Productivity
Question 14
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A _____ is a plan for interacting with the competitive environment to achieve organizational goals.
The overall goal for an organization is also called the:
_____ goals pertain to internal exibility and readiness to adapt to unexpected changes in the
environment.
In Miles and Snow’s strategy typology, the prospector strategy:
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attempts to maintain a stable business environment by nding a middle ground between stability and
innovation.
most closely resembles Porter's low-cost leadership strategy.
responds to environmental threats in an ad hoc fashion without revealing a clear strategy.
seeks innovation or risk taking and is therefore best suited to a dynamic environment.
Question 15
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Goal approach
Resource-based approach
Internal process approach
Strategic constituents approach
Question 16
3 / 3 pts
True
False
Question 17
3 / 3 pts
True
False
When you were rst offered the job as the new CEO of a large grocery store chain a few months ago, you
weren’t sure if you should take it. The organization does not have a good reputation in general, and poor
performance is reected in falling stock prices. However, after studying the organization, you have a lot
of ideas for improving the products, services, and the stores themselves that you feel condent will
boost sales, increase customer satisfaction, and enhance employee morale. Eventually, you expect to
see improvements in the stock prices, which should make the organization’s investors happier, too.
Which is the best approach for you to use in measuring the effectiveness of your changes?
According to Miles and Snow’s strategy typology, managers have left the organization with no direction
and no clear approach to design with a reactor strategy.
The direction-setting process typically begins with the administration and execution of the strategic
plan.
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Question 18
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True
False
Question 19
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An absence of collaboration among units
Slow or poor quality decision-making
A lack of innovation in the face of a changing environment
Declining performance
Question 20
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delegation.
externalization.
freelancing.
outsourcing.
Question 21
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One disadvantage of the matrix is that some employees experience dual authority, reporting to two
bosses and sometimes juggling conicting demands.
It’s 10 p.m., and Kelli, the production manager, is still in her oce, frustrated because she can’t move
forward with so many projects. The CFO has been nagging her relentlessly to submit her annual budget,
but the people reporting to her have not given her their numbers. Also, the head of sales has been
emailing her daily to get her approval on his sales projections, even though he hasn’t responded to the
few questions she’s asked about it. And worst of all, the number of defective parts is up, and no one can
tell her why, making it impossible for her to solve the problem. It was never like this in her old job at a
different plant, she thinks to herself. This is an example of which symptom of structural deciency?
Now that virtual teams functioning in a virtual network structure are commonplace, it is no longer
necessary for some teams to be part of the organization. Organizations can hand off certain functions,
such as human resources or back-oce operations, to virtual teams outside the organization through:
Ten years ago, at the height of the cupcake craze, Patty, a baking enthusiast and entrepreneur, opened
Patty’s Cakes Cupcake Bakery. Her business was a huge success, and at one point she had twelve
employees. In recent years, business has steadily declined and Patty has had to reduce her workforce to
just six people. Occasionally, one of the bakers or customer service clerks has suggested that perhaps
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An absence of collaboration among units
Slow or poor quality decision-making
A lack of innovation in the face of a changing environment
Declining performance
Question 22
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functional
virtual network
divisional
holacracy team
Question 23
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True
False
Question 24
3 / 3 pts
It has slow response time to environmental changes.
It restricts economies of scale within functional departments.
It restricts in-depth knowledge and skill development.
It restricts organizations from accomplishing functional goals.
Question 25
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It has fast response time to environmental changes.
it’s time for the organization to branch out into other baked goods, now that the cupcake fad is waning,
but Patty always answers, “I don’t have time to think about that now. I’m running a business!” This is an
example of which symptom of structural deciency?
In _____ grouping, departments are separate organizations that are electronically connected for the
sharing of information and completion of tasks.
Integrators have a lot of authority.
Which of the following is a weakness of a functional structure?
Which of the following is a strength of a functional structure?
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It leads to excellent horizontal coordination among departments.
It results in more innovation.
It allows economies of scale within functional departments.
IncorrectQuestion 26
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Functional
Divisional
Multifocused
Holacracy team
Feedback: Functional grouping places together employees who perform similar functions or work
processes or who bring similar knowledge and skills to bear. For example, all marketing people work
together under the same supervisor, as do all manufacturing employees, all human resources people,
and all engineers.
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_____ grouping places together employees who perform similar functions or work processes or who
bring similar knowledge and skills to bear.
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