Question 18(1 point)

What is the major goal of an organization during the entrepreneurial stage of the life cycle?

Question 18 options:

	growth
	goal-setting
	survival
	complete organizational structure

Question 19(1 point)

Carson is the manager of Cutter's Consulting, a consulting company comprising professionals from different fields. What would Carson be wise to do in such a company?

Question 19 options:

	bring the organization immediately into revitalization
	have little formalization
	use as much authority as much as possible
	discourage horizontal communication because it violates the chain of command

Question 20(1 point)

What group(s) tend to increase in proportion to organization size?

Question 20 options:

	only top administrators
	top administrators and clerical staff
	only clerical staff
	clerical and professional staff

Question 21(1 point)

Why did Max Weber systematically study the concept of a bureaucracy?

Question 21 options:

	to make organizations more rational and efficient
	to make organizations more empathetic
	to make organizations less formal
	to make organizations quicker to respond to stakeholders

Question 22(1 point)

Whistleblowing is a disclosure mechanism.

Question 22 options:

	True
	False

Question 23(1 point)

Managers and organizations all over the world are very reluctant to cooperate to achieve competitive advantage on a global scale.

Question 23 options:

	True
	False

Question 24(1 point)

What type of strategy is being followed when a company such as Coca-Cola decides to use the same product design and advertising strategy throughout the world?

Question 24 options:

	multidomestic
	consortia
	focused
	globalization

Question 25(1 point)

What is the major force that shapes managerial ethics?

Question 25 options:

	organizational culture
	external shareholders
	peers
	legal systems

Question 26(1 point)

Why is it that organizations do NOT typically come face-to-face with the power of culture until they try to implement new strategies or programs that go against basic cultural norms and values?

Question 26 options:

	Culture is usually written and when a change is attempted written cultural policies create obstacles to change.
	Culture provides members with a sense of self and members rely on this sense and are therefore resistant to change.
	Culture generates commitment to improving market share and a change that alters culture leads to reduced revenues.
	Culture generally goes unnoticed until a change is made and the power becomes noticeable.

Question 27(1 point)

Chart 7.2

Refer to Chart 7.2. How would you relate the structure diagrammed in Chart 7.2 to a global geographic structure?

Question 27 options:

	The firm shown in the chart is not as far along in developing opportunities for multidomestic strategy as the global geographic structure would be.
	The product heads in the chart are line managers primarily accountable for their product domestically, whereas in the global geographic structure product heads are staff advisers.
	The structure in the chart is better than the global geographic structure.
	The global geographic structure is more domestically oriented than the one in the chart.

Question 28(1 point)

In what kind of organizations is clan control most often used?

Question 28 options:

	small, informal organizations or ones with a strong culture
	small, formal organizations or ones with a weak culture
	large, informal organizations or ones with a weak culture
	large, formal organizations or ones with a strong culture

Question 29(1 point)

High uncertainty avoidance means that people accept inequality in power among institutions, organizations, and people.

Question 29 options:

	True
	False

Question 30(1 point)

In attempting to make a change in his organization, Jake was happy to have a large number of people who were energetic and positive toward the change. What essential element for successful change does this represent?

Question 30 options:

	adoption
	need
	resources
	competition

Question 31(1 point)

Once decision makers choose to go ahead with a proposed idea, which element is needed for a successful change to occur?

Question 31 options:

	need recognition
	adoption
	implementation
	resource acquisition

Question 32(1 point)

Organizations operating in many different areas of the world have a tough time because they must address which of the following?

Question 32 options:

	various ethical and language factors
	various cultural and market factors
	rule of law
	external adaptation