Question 1

Higher Wisdom University has just formed a board of trustees and invited 25 of its wealthiest alumni to join. Which of the following is the university adopting?

Accepted Answer

Cooptation is absorbing new elements into the organization's leadership structure to avert threats to its stability or existence. The university mentioned is demonstrating cooptation by inviting wealthy alumni to join its board of trustees.

Question 2

The five-by-eight inch card with one rule on it-Use good judgment in all situations-that employees at Envytech receive along with the employee handbook tells the employees a great deal about their company's:

Accepted Answer

Organization culture is the set of assumptions about the organization and its goals and practices that members of the company share. It is a system of shared values about what is important and beliefs about how the world works. It provides a framework that organizes and directs people's behavior on the job.

Question 3

Domain selection, diversification, mergers/acquisitions and divestitures are all examples of:

Accepted Answer

Strategic maneuvering is an organization's conscious efforts to change the boundaries of its competitive environment. Managers can use several strategic maneuvers, including domain selection, diversification, merger and acquisition, and divestiture.

Question 4

Which of the following leadership styles is associated with a hierarchical culture?

Accepted Answer

Hierarchical cultures use coordinator, organizer, and administrator type of leadership style.

Question 5

Lindsay Pharmacy and Allwell Medicines have joined forces with one another to lobby for health care reform. This action of the two companies is referred to as:

Accepted Answer

Coalition is two or more groups(Lindsay Pharmacy and Allwell Medicines) that act jointly with respect to some set of issues (health care reform) for some period of time.

Question 6

_____ are the underlying qualities and desirable behaviors that are important to the organization.

Accepted Answer

The second level of culture refers to its values, which are the underlying qualities and desirable behaviors that are important to the organization.

Question 7

_____ are companies that continuously change the boundaries for their task environments by seeking new products and markets, diversifying and merging, or acquiring new enterprises.

Accepted Answer

Prospectors are companies that continuously change the boundaries for their task environments by seeking new products and markets, diversifying and merging, or acquiring new enterprises.

Question 8

Which of the following is a way of redefining the boundaries of an environment a firm is in?

Accepted Answer

Domain selection is the entrance by a company into another suitable market or industry. It is a way of changing the boundaries of an environment a firm is in.

Question 9

_____ are approaches that an organization acting on its own uses to change some aspect of its current environment.

Accepted Answer

Independent strategies are strategies that an organization acting on its own uses to change some aspect of its current environment.

Question 10

Meatorganics announced that it was selling off its pork division in order to realign itself more competitively in the marketing of its other products. This is an example of managing the task environment through:

Accepted Answer

Divestiture occurs when a company sells one or more businesses.

Question 11

Which of the following is the deepest level of organizational culture?

Accepted Answer

The third and deepest level of an organization's culture refers to unconscious assumptions, which are strongly held and taken-for-granted beliefs that guide behavior in the firm.

Question 12

_____ are companies that stay within a stable product domain as a strategic maneuver.

Accepted Answer

Defenders are companies that stay within a stable product domain as a strategic maneuver.

Question 13

If an organization's culture is externally oriented and focused on control with its primary objectives as productivity, planning and efficiency, it could best be described as a _____ culture.

Accepted Answer

Rational cultures are externally oriented and focused on control. This type of culture's primary objectives are productivity, planning, and efficiency.

Question 14

_____ is the set of assumptions about the organization and its goals and practices that members of the company share.

Accepted Answer

Organization culture is the set of assumptions about the organization and its goals and practices that members of the company share. It is a system of shared values about what is important and beliefs about how the world works.

Question 15

_____ are the components of an organization that can be seen and heard, such as office layout, dress, orientation, stories, and written material.

Accepted Answer

Visible artifacts are the components of an organization that can be seen and heard, such as office layout, dress, orientation, stories, and written material.

Question 16

An organization's _____ refers to all relevant forces inside a firm's boundaries, such as its managers, employees, resources, and organizational culture.

Accepted Answer

An organization's internal environment refers to all relevant forces inside a firm's boundaries, such as its managers, employees, resources, and organizational culture.

Question 17

Which of the following can be a useful clue about an organization's culture?

Accepted Answer

The culture of an organization may be difficult for an observer to define easily, yet it can often be sensed almost immediately. Who is hired and fired is one example of a clue to the organization culture.

Question 18

Which of the following is the first level of organizational culture?

Accepted Answer

The first level of organizational culture is like the exposed part of an iceberg and consists of visible artifacts, which are the components of an organization that can be seen and heard such as office layout, dress, orientation, stories, and written material (e.g., annual reports and strategic plans).

Question 19

_____ is an organization's conscious efforts to change the boundaries of its task environment.

Accepted Answer

Strategic maneuvering is an organization's conscious efforts to change the boundaries of its task environment.

Question 20

_____ occurs when a company sells one or more businesses.

Accepted Answer