Anti-lock brake systems are a well-established feature for automobiles but are not yet used uniformly by every automobile company. This technology should be grouped under:

.

Base Technology

B.

Key Technolgy

C.

Emerging technology

D.

Market technology

E.

Active technology

Use the information given in the scenario below to answer the question below:

Your organization is at a critical growth stage with regard to its technology. A team of three people have been assigned specific jobs by the chief technology officer. The assignments are:

Study the key technologies on which an organization depends and their competitive value.

Look at other companies that are successful and identify ways in which your organization can emulate the practices of the other companies.

Find out what is new in the industry. Be an "industry detective"everything from reading up on industry reports to attending meetings and listening closely to what people are talking about.

Based on scenario 2 (two), the second assignment is an example of:

Question 8Select one:

A.

Benchmarking

B.

Organizational culture audit

C.

SWOT analysis

D.

Technology audit

E.

Environmental scanning

Use the information given in the scenario below to answer the question below:

Your organization is at a critical growth stage with regard to its technology. A team of three people have been assigned specific jobs by the chief technology officer. The assignments are:

Study the key technologies on which an organization depends and their competitive value. Look at other companies that are successful and identify ways in which your organization can emulate the practices of the other companies. Find out what is new in the industry. Be an "industry detective"everything from reading up on industry reports to attending meetings and listening closely to what people are talking about. Based on scenario 2 (two), the second assignment is an example of:

Question 8Select one:

A. Benchmarking

B. Organizational culture audit

C. SWOT analysis

D. Technology audit

E. Environmental scanning

Use the information given in the scenario below to answer the question below:

Your organization is at a critical growth stage with regard to its technology. A team of three people have been assigned specific jobs by the chief technology officer. The assignments are:

Study the key technologies on which an organization depends and their competitive value.

Look at other companies that are successful and identify ways in which your organization can emulate the practices of the other companies.

Find out what is new in the industry. Be an "industry detective"everything from reading up on industry reports to attending meetings and listening closely to what people are talking about.

Based on scenario 2 (two), the second assignment is an example of:

Question 8Select one:

A.

Benchmarking

B.

Organizational culture audit

C.

SWOT analysis

D.

Technology audit

E.

Environmental scanning

Big multinational pharmaceutical firms try to exercise influence over the policy decisions made by government departments and regulatory agencies. Which of the following does not reflect how the companies try to exercise their influence?

Question 9Select one:

A.

Lobbying political representatives in the legislative branch

B.

Ignoring their regulatory agencies

C.

Promising to increase their investment in R&D

D.

Threatening to cut off the supply of important drugs

E.

Collaboration

Bureaucracy can be defined as:

Question 10Select one:

A.

A classical management approach that applied scientific methods to analyze and determine the "one best way" to Complete production tasks

B.

A classical management approach that attempted to understand and explain how human psychological and social processes interact with the formal aspects of the work situation to influence performance

C.

A classical management approach that attempted to build into operations the specific procedures and processes that would ensure coordination of effort to achieve established goals and plans

D.

A contemporary management approach that emphasizes the application of quantitative analysis to managerial decisions and problems

E.

A classical management approach emphasizing a structured, formal network of relationships among specialized positions in the organization

Use the information given in the scenario below to answer the question below:

Your organization is at a critical growth stage with regard to its technology. A team of three people have been assigned specific jobs by the chief technology officer. The assignments are:

Study the key technologies on which an organization depends and their competitive value.

Look at other companies that are successful and identify ways in which your organization can emulate the practices of the other companies.

Find out what is new in the industry. Be an "industry detective"everything from reading up on industry reports to attending meetings and listening closely to what people are talking about.

Based on scenario 2 (two), the second assignment is an example of:

Question 8Select one:

A.

Benchmarking

B.

Organizational culture audit

C.

SWOT analysis

D.

Technology audit

E.

Environmental scanning

Anti-lock brake systems are a well-established feature for automobiles but are not yet used uniformly by every automobile company. This technology should be grouped under:

.

Base Technology

B.

Key Technolgy

C.

Emerging technology

D.

Market technology

E.

Active technology

Use the information given in the scenario below to answer the question below:

Your organization is at a critical growth stage with regard to its technology. A team of three people have been assigned specific jobs by the chief technology officer. The assignments are:

Study the key technologies on which an organization depends and their competitive value.

Look at other companies that are successful and identify ways in which your organization can emulate the practices of the other companies.

Find out what is new in the industry. Be an "industry detective"everything from reading up on industry reports to attending meetings and listening closely to what people are talking about.

Based on scenario 2 (two), the second assignment is an example of:

Question 8Select one:

A.

Benchmarking

B.

Organizational culture audit

C.

SWOT analysis

D.

Technology audit

E.

Environmental scanning

Use the information given in the scenario below to answer the question below:

Your organization is at a critical growth stage with regard to its technology. A team of three people have been assigned specific jobs by the chief technology officer. The assignments are:

Study the key technologies on which an organization depends and their competitive value. Look at other companies that are successful and identify ways in which your organization can emulate the practices of the other companies. Find out what is new in the industry. Be an "industry detective"everything from reading up on industry reports to attending meetings and listening closely to what people are talking about. Based on scenario 2 (two), the second assignment is an example of:

Question 8Select one:

A. Benchmarking

B. Organizational culture audit

C. SWOT analysis

D. Technology audit

E. Environmental scanning

Use the information given in the scenario below to answer the question below:

Your organization is at a critical growth stage with regard to its technology. A team of three people have been assigned specific jobs by the chief technology officer. The assignments are:

Study the key technologies on which an organization depends and their competitive value.

Look at other companies that are successful and identify ways in which your organization can emulate the practices of the other companies.

Find out what is new in the industry. Be an "industry detective"everything from reading up on industry reports to attending meetings and listening closely to what people are talking about.

Based on scenario 2 (two), the second assignment is an example of:

Question 8Select one:

A.

Benchmarking

B.

Organizational culture audit

C.

SWOT analysis

D.

Technology audit

E.

Environmental scanning

Big multinational pharmaceutical firms try to exercise influence over the policy decisions made by government departments and regulatory agencies. Which of the following does not reflect how the companies try to exercise their influence?

Question 9Select one:

A.

Lobbying political representatives in the legislative branch

B.

Ignoring their regulatory agencies

C.

Promising to increase their investment in R&D

D.

Threatening to cut off the supply of important drugs

E.

Collaboration

Bureaucracy can be defined as:

Question 10Select one:

A.

A classical management approach that applied scientific methods to analyze and determine the "one best way" to Complete production tasks

B.

A classical management approach that attempted to understand and explain how human psychological and social processes interact with the formal aspects of the work situation to influence performance

C.

A classical management approach that attempted to build into operations the specific procedures and processes that would ensure coordination of effort to achieve established goals and plans

D.

A contemporary management approach that emphasizes the application of quantitative analysis to managerial decisions and problems

E.

A classical management approach emphasizing a structured, formal network of relationships among specialized positions in the organization

Use the information given in the scenario below to answer the question below:

Your organization is at a critical growth stage with regard to its technology. A team of three people have been assigned specific jobs by the chief technology officer. The assignments are:

Study the key technologies on which an organization depends and their competitive value.

Look at other companies that are successful and identify ways in which your organization can emulate the practices of the other companies.

Find out what is new in the industry. Be an "industry detective"everything from reading up on industry reports to attending meetings and listening closely to what people are talking about.

Based on scenario 2 (two), the second assignment is an example of:

Question 8Select one:

A.

Benchmarking

B.

Organizational culture audit

C.

SWOT analysis

D.

Technology audit

E.

Environmental scanning