Question 1

Organizations with a wide niche or domain,that is,those that offer a broad range of products and services or that serve a broad market are:

Accepted Answer

Organizations with a wide niche or domain,that is,those that offer a broad range of products and services or that serve a broad market are generalists.

Question 2

_____ is defined as the general perspective that an organization's actions are desirable,proper,and appropriate within the environment's system of norms,values,and belief.

Accepted Answer

Legitimacy is defined as the general perspective that an organization's actions are desirable,proper,and appropriate within the environment's system of norms,values,and belief.

Question 3

In the _____,companies join together to become more competitive and to share scarce resources.

Accepted Answer

The collaborative-network perspective is an emerging alternative to resource-dependence theory in which companies join together to become more competitive and to share scarce resources.

Question 4

Organizations operating under the resource-dependence philosophy will:

Accepted Answer

The resource dependence theory argues that organizations try to minimize their reliance on other organizations for the supply of important resources and try to influence the environment to make resources available.

Question 5

Which of the following is a characteristic of the new orientation to interorganizational relationships?

Accepted Answer

The new orientation to interorganizational relationships is characterized by equity and fair dealing.

Question 6

A system formed by the interaction of a community of organizations and their environment is referred to as a(n):

Accepted Answer

A system formed by the interaction of a community of organizations and their environment is referred to as an organizational ecosystem.

Question 7

Getwel Corp.and Sebastian Inc.are two computer manufacturers that share with each other the details of commonly occurring issues and customer complaints.This enables them to work together and provide better service to their customers and also saves the time required to diagnose the issues.Which of the following does this scenario illustrate?

Accepted Answer

Getwel Corp.and Sebastian Inc.have formed a collaborative network to serve their customers more efficiently.In collaborative networks,organizations allow themselves to become dependent on other organizations to increase value and productivity for all.

Question 8

In the context of the population-ecology perspective,which of the following is a difference between specialists and generalists?

Accepted Answer

Specialists are generally more competitive than generalists in the narrow area in which their domains overlap.Organizations with a wide niche or domain,that is,those that offer a broad range of products and services or that serve a broad market are generalists.Organizations that provide a narrower range of goods or services or that serve a narrower market are specialists.

Question 9

Which of the following stages of the population ecology model of organizations refers to the preservation and institutionalization of selected organizational forms?

Accepted Answer

Retention is the preservation and institutionalization of selected organizational forms.

Question 10

Which of the following is true of collaborative roles played by managers?

Accepted Answer

Collaborative roles do not have direct authority over horizontal colleagues or partners,but are nonetheless accountable for specific business results.

Question 11

In which of the following approaches do businesses,governments,and nonprofit organizations join together across sectors and industries to tackle huge,compelling problems of mutual interest?

Accepted Answer

In the megacommunity approach,businesses,governments,and nonprofit organizations join together across sectors and industries to tackle huge,compelling problems of mutual interest,such as energy development,world hunger,or cybercrime.

Question 12

Relatively enduring resource transactions,flows,and linkages that occur among two or more organizations are called:

Accepted Answer

Relatively enduring resource transactions,flows,and linkages that occur among two or more organizations are called interorganizational relationships.

Question 13

Which of the following is an assumption of the population-ecology perspective?

Accepted Answer

According to the population-ecology view,when looking at an organizational population as a whole,the changing environment determines which organizations survive or fail.The assumption is that individual organizations suffer from structural inertia and find it difficult to adapt to environmental changes.

Question 14

All of the following except _____ are the stages of the population ecology model of organizations.

Accepted Answer

The stages of the population ecology model of organizations are retention,variation,and selection.

Question 15

Arkal Corp.manufactures wooden chairs and Borston Corp.manufactures plastic chairs.Arkal Corp.wants to enter into a resource-dependence relationship with Borston Corp.Which of the following types of resource-dependence relationships is most likely to result in Arkal Corp.gaining full control over the joint outcome?

Accepted Answer

Acquisition/Merger offers the greatest amount of control over joint outcomes because the acquiring firm absorbs all of the resources,assets,and liabilities of the target organization.

Question 16

In the population-ecology model of organizations,_____ means the appearance of new,diverse forms in a population of organizations.

Accepted Answer

Variation means the appearance of new,diverse forms in a population of organizations.

Question 17

Which of the following theories argues that organizations try to minimize their reliance on other organizations for the supply of important resources and try to influence the environment to make resources available?

Accepted Answer

The resource-dependence theory argues that organizations try to minimize their reliance on other organizations for the supply of important resources and try to influence the environment to make resources available.

Question 18

In the context of the population-ecology perspective,which of the following best illustrates a generalist strategy?

Accepted Answer

Maffles Inc.follows a generalist strategy.Organizations with a wide niche or domain,that is,those that offer a broad range of products and services or that serve a broad market are generalists.

Question 19

_____ is the process that causes one unit in a population to resemble other units that face the same set of environmental conditions.

Accepted Answer

Isomorphism is the process that causes one unit in a population to resemble other units that face the same set of environmental conditions.

Question 20

Which of the following statements is true about the population-ecology perspective?

Accepted Answer

The population-ecology perspective differs from the other perspectives because it focuses on organizational diversity and adaptation within a population of organizations.

Quiz 5: Interorganizational Relationships