Deck 8: Collaborations, Partnerships, and Mergers

Question 1

The boards of directors for Family Eldercare and Meals on Wheels decided not to merge:

A) financial reasons.
B) differing missions.
C) community opposition.
D) internal conflict.

Answer 1

B

Question 2

Equality in decision-making is one of the characteristics of _________ in both collaborations and partnerships.

A) delivery
B) capacity
C) mutuality
D) founder syndrome

Answer 2

C

Question 3

Organizations that collaborate to increase and share resources are applying:

A) closed-systems theory.
B) Maslow's hierarchy of needs.
C) resource dependency theory.
D) McClelland's three needs theory.

Answer 3

C

Question 4

National nonprofits with local chapters follow one of two principal organization forms-a single corporation or a(an):

A) strategic alliance.
B) venture philanthropy.
C) amalgamation.
D) federation.

Question 5

As the economy improves, probably returning ultimately to a higher level of prosperity, pressures for nonprofits to collaborate and merge:

A) will likely start to fall.
B) are not likely to abate.
C) will likely skyrocket.
D) will likely force many nonprofits to seek government bailouts.

Question 6

La Piana Consulting defines the intensity of the commitment that two or more nonprofits must make to each other as:

A) accountability.
B) capacity.
C) integration.
D) leadership.

Question 7

Complex relationships, including mergers, are referred to as:

A) capacity.
B) strategic restructuring
C) models.
D) teamwork.

Question 8

Collaborations or mergers that combine units within a single corporate entity are called:

A) joint mergers.
B) intermergers.
C) intramergers.
D) corporate integrations.

Question 9

Yankey and Willen would describe decreased government funding as a(an) _______ driver of collaboration.

A) outsourced
B) internal
C) external
D) intermingled.

Question 10

Cratchfield and Grant write that nonprofit organizations have more impact if they:

A) raise large amounts of money.
B) develop strategy.
C) implement performance measures.
D) work with other organizations.

Question 11

A proposed merger of two nonprofit organizations failed because senior leadership focused on self-interests. This proposed merger failed due to:

A) differing missions.
B) costs.
C) egos.
D) political objections.

Question 12

Forrer states a key characteristic of collaborations is that they:

A) are voluntary.
B) are required by law.
C) are temporary.
D) be accountable.

Question 13

The C.O.R.E Continuum identifies relationships that affect organizations':

A) corporate structures.
B) organizational charts.
C) reliability.
D) environments.

Question 14

A collaboration in which power, decision-making, and risk are shared are referred to as a(an):

A) agent to agent relationship.
B) principal to principal relationship.
C) principal to student relationship.
D) principal to parent relationship.

Question 15

Mergers of chapters within a federated organization are:

A) intermergers.
B) intramergers.
C) corporate takeovers.
D) not possible.

Question 16

A nonprofit organization lost its major funder to a corporate scandal. As a result, the nonprofit needs to merge with another organization in order to regain its positive image. According to McCormick the nonprofit's driver for seeking the new merger would be:

A) liability.
B) viability.
C) survivability.
D) capacity.

Question 17

Organizations that collaborate to develop a shared response to problems and legitimacy are applying:

A) combination theory.
B) Herzberg's theory of satisfiers and dissatisfiers.
C) Acceptance theory of organizations.
D) institutional theory.

Question 18

A proposed merger between Operation Smile and Smile Train was cancelled due to:

A) financial reasons.
B) differing strategies.
C) legal liabilities.
D) cultural differences.

Question 19

La Piana Consulting defines a relationship between a nonprofit organizations and a public corporation that is simple and not permanent as a(an):

A) simple collaboration.
B) team.
C) a group.
D) strategic alliance.

Question 20

La Piana Consulting defines a relationship between a nonprofit organizations and a public corporation that is complex as a(an):

A) simple collaboration.
B) team.
C) a group.
D) strategic alliance.

Question 21

An autonomous community homeless shelter worked with a city council to establish winter warming-shelters for homeless individuals. This is an example of a(an):

A) independent public service provider relationship.
B) dependent public service provider relationship.
C) a cooperative.
D) a private partnership.

Question 22

A(An) _______ is formed when two or more organizations combine legal control.

A) adhoc alliance
B) intrapartnership
C) merger
D) network.

Question 23

The word "merger" has a negative connotation.

Question 24

A nonprofit organization is reviewing its strategic plan to determine if it's ready to develop a collaboration. The organization is performing which stage of the development of relationships process?

A) Implementation
B) Identification of potential partners
C) Self-examination
D) Negotiation

Question 25

A national organization and one of its local chapters is writing a statement outlining how they will share resources. This is an example of:

A) transparency.
B) capacity.
C) establishing autonomy.
D) egocentrism.

Question 26

A merger requires the total dissolution of one or more former organizations.

Question 27

According to Carson, the hardest thing for a nonprofit to say to others in collaboration is _______.

A) no
B) yes
C) maybe
D) sometimes

Question 28

When organizations sign a contract they automatically develop a collaboration.

Question 29

One of the significant obstacles to successful collaboration is culture.

Question 30

Each of the terms below refers to a type of nonprofit-corporation relationship except

A) philanthropic collaborations.
B) strategic collaborations.
C) commercial collaborations.
D) government agent collaboration.

Question 31

A nonprofit organization, a public organization, and a private sector organization have decided to join forces to resolve an unmet community needs. According to your textbook author, this relationships may be referred to as a(an):

A) trifecta.
B) triple alliance.
C) cross-sector collaboration.
D) trio partnership.

Question 32

Strive Partnership measures the partnership's performance through the use of a(an):

A) measuring stick.
B) annual report card.
C) monthly benchmarking report.
D) dashboard analysis.

Question 33

McLaughlin writes that the models of service delivery are shifting from program innovation to program management.

Question 34

Ad-hoc relationships are long-term.

Question 35

What is a disadvantage of the concept of collective impact?

A) Potential for growth of the nonprofit sector.
B) Collective decision-making in the nonprofit sector.
C) Broader job perspectives in the nonprofit sector.
D) Change in key values of the nonprofit sector.

Question 36

A family health nonprofit provides neonatal to end-of-life services. The nonprofit consists of an alliance various health providers. This statement describes the concept of:

A) compliance impact.
B) collective impact.
C) joint impact.
D) health impact.

Question 37

Volunteer emotions may be a deciding factor in a board of director's decision to merge with another organization.

Question 38

Collaboration is when two or more organizations work together toward common objectives.

Question 39

High-performing nonprofit organizations can have only "isolated impact."

Question 40

When two nonprofit organizations merge, they each keep their own identity and status.

Question 41

In the discussion of collaborations, what is a driver, and explain the two types of drivers?

Question 42

The combining of units within a single corporate entity is called an "intramerger."

Question 43

Draw a model that could use to design successful collective impact partnerships.

Question 44

Apply the principal-agent theory to cross-sector collaborations.

Question 45

Explain the concept of strategic alliances as described by La Piana Consulting.

Question 46

Explain why a nonprofit with more diversified sources of revenue would be less inclined to collaborate or merge?

Question 47

List and explain two of the most common issues involved in a merger between a national nonprofit and a local chapter. Discuss how those issues may be minimized or maximized.

Question 48

Compare and contrast affiliations and alliances.

Question 49

Explain the three driving forces of an organization's proclivity to collaborate or merge, according to McCormick?