1. The external environments that we studied at the beginning of this class - the declining economic environment; the fast-paced technological environment; social environment pressures to preserve the natural environment - have exacerbated the need for. a less educated workforce as opposed to a more productive workforce. b. more machine learning. c. changes with how we organize our businesses. d. less division of labor. a. 2. St. Louis Community College has a corporate office with a central purchasing department. The buyers are responsible for making decisions on buying some supplies in bulk. This action assists the College with maintaining a certain level of a. Economies of scale b. Productivity c. Hierarchy of authority d. Equity 3. Max Weber (pronounced Vayber) was a well-known sociologist who added principles to what Henri Fayol believed was necessary for an organization to flourish. These included a very important principle: a. Keeping employees in the same position, so that they become highly skilled in that capacity because this is what will help an organization's productivity. b. Procedures and regulations that contained a fair amount of flexibility depending upon each employee's individual situation. C. The ability for an employee to realize a promotion if he/she qualified. d. Static hierarchy of authority. 4. As organizations have changed to better serve customers, the has increased. It is not unusual for a middle manager to now supervise three and four times the number of employees that he/she supervised 25 years ago. a. Span of control b. Profit potential C. Time off for sick leave and personal leave d. Tall vs. flat organization model 5. In organizations where decision making is permitted at lower levels, we see the occurrence of a. A lower span of control. b. Decentralized authority. Centralized authority. d. Less empowerment