T/F : The opportunities for economies of scope are higher when an organization seeks global expansion. - Answer-True
Which of the following is not an example of an expanded coordination role? - Answer-A domestic product division manager
Which of the following is not one of the mechanisms used...
MGMT 443 EXAM 1 Questions and
Answers
T/F : The opportunities for economies of scope are higher when an organization seeks
global expansion. - Answer-True
Which of the following is not an example of an expanded coordination role? - Answer-A
domestic product division manager
Which of the following is not one of the mechanisms used to facilitate integration in
global organizations? - Answer-Global liaison
T/F: Transfer of knowledge is easier for organizations that keep their operations
domestic, without serving a global market - Answer-True
Which of the following are proposed in the lecture as a way to increase coordination
(integration) across countries in global organizations? - Answer-Expanded coordination
roles
How is the need for integration fo an organization affected by global expansion? -
Answer-It is higher
T/F: is higher in organizations that keep their operations domestic, without serving a
global market. - Answer-False
Which is not one of the reasons why organizations seek global expansion? - Answer-
Higher integration
How does global expansion affect the level of environmental complexity of an
organization? - Answer-It increases
What strategy is likely to be most successful in a global expansion - Answer-It depends
on the forces for local adaptation
Which form of control involves centralizing decision-making and using narrow spans of
control and formalization to control behavior? - Answer-Bureaucratic control
t/f : A way to prevent the problems of bureaucracy typical of organizations that have a
large size is to choose not to grow. - Answer-True
All the following are advantages of large organizations, except: - Answer-Higher
empowerment and innovation
, In what stage of organizational development does it face a crisis of need for delegation
with control? - Answer-Collectivity stage
In what stage of organizational development does it face a crisis of need for leadership?
- Answer-Entrepreneurial stage
All the following are stages of organizational development, except: - Answer-Clan stage
In what stage of organizational development does it face a crisis of need to deal with too
much red tape? - Answer-Formalization stage
Which form of control involves using shared values, commitment, traditions, and beliefs
to control behavior? - Answer-Clan control
What form of control is usually used when organizations become larger and direct
interaction with leadership is no longer feasible? - Answer-Bureaucratic control
In what stage of organizational development does it face a crisis of need for
revitalization? - Answer-Elaboration stage
T/F: The multinational delivery service company Fedex is an example of an organization
that competes using a differentiation strategy. - Answer-False
Which of the following are short term, measurable, specific to the actual procedures of
the organization? - Answer-Operating goals
Unique, integrated combinations of skills, processes, and human abilities created and
housed within an organization are known as - Answer-Organizational capabilities
What do we mean when we say that organizations are complex? - Answer-They are
made up of elements that interact in ways that can be difficult to predict
In organizational design, the degree to which tasks are subdivided into separate jobs is
known as - Answer-Division of labor
In organizational design, the number of departments of occupational specialties that
exist horizontally in the organization is used to measure which property of an
organizational structure? - Answer-Horizontal complexity
In organizational design, the hierarchical level where decisions are made is captured by:
- Answer-Centralization
Which of the following properties of organizational structure describes who reports to
whom in the organization? - Answer-Hierarchy of authority
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