MGT 201 Unit 4 Test

Which of the following is NOT an internal factor impacting organizational design?

(Regulation) Skill variety Task identify Autonomy

In SWOT analysis, strengths and weaknesses are internal factors, while opportunities and threats are related to the external environment that a company has little control over.

(true) false

_____ is the degree to which a job gives workers the discretion, freedom, and independence to decide how and when to accomplish their jobs.

(Autonomy) Significance Skill variety Task identity

Business Z recently acquired its competitor, Y Company. The executives in both companies realized they need for a strategic change. What would be the next step in this strategy process?

(Conduct a situational analysis.) Conduct a focus group. Determine the need for change. Draft implementation steps

Big box retailers like Walmart and Target use which of the following positioning strategy?

(Cost leadership) Focus Repositioning Influence

Which of the following statements about functional departmentalization is true?

(Functional departmentalization allows work to be done by highly qualified specialists.) Functional departmentalization is also called free-form specialization. Functional departmentalization complicates communication managers. Functional departmentalization increases costs by reducing duplication

When the bargaining power of suppliers and buyers are high, which of the following will a company face?

(It will be difficult to achieve profitability.) It will be likely to use a growth strategy. It will engage in organizational restructuring. It will begin a low-cost strategy.

The term _____ refers to the degree that decision making is concentrated at the top of an organization.

(centralization) decentralization formalization functionalization

Which of the following strategy type addresses the question, "how should we compete in this industry?"

(industry level) corporate level niche level department level

Which of the following must be met if a firm's resources are to be used to achieve a sustainable competitive advantage?

(inimitable resources) related diversification unrelated diversification differentiated resources

Companies often choose a stability strategy when their external environment doesn't change much or after they have struggled with periods of explosive growth.

(true) false

Matrix departmentalization is a hybrid structure in which two or more forms of departmentalization, such as the product and functional forms, are used together.

(true) false

Specialized jobs are characterized by simple, easy-to-learn steps, low variety, and high repetition.

(true) false

The coordination of departmental activities tends to be more difficult with the geographic approach to departmentalization than with the other approaches.

(true) false

Which structure should a manager choose when two dimensions are critical and an employee might have two supervisors?

Functional Structure Product structure (Matrix structure) Team-based structure

Which of the following is a collection of activities that transforms inputs into outputs that customers value?

Functionalization (Organizational process) Production positioning Reengineering

Which of the following elements of an organization is breaking the whole job down to specific standardized tasks?

Common purpose Coordinated effort (Division of labor) Hierarchy of authority

Which of the following elements of an organization shows who reports to whom?

Common purpose Coordinated effort Division of labor (Hierarchy of authority)

Compressed work weeks and remote work are examples of which of the following?

Employee empowerment Flatter structure (Flexible work schedule) Job specialization

Which of the following focuses on the horizontal growth and expanding the knowledge of an employee?

Employee empowerment-wrong (Flatter structure) Flexible work schedule Job specialization

_____ is the degree to which a person is in charge of completing an identifiable piece of work from start to finish.

Regulation Skill variety (Task identity) Autonomy

In the _____ phase of the growth cycle, middle managers are freed up to make decisions, and executives focus on the big picture.

creativity direction (delegation) collaboration

An executive calls for local branch managers to have more power for day to day decisions. This is an example of _____.

centralization (decentralization) specialization standardization

Which of the following is the traditional approach to create an organization structure?

A matrix structure that will combine the unit of command An organizational process to create a matrix (A structure with vertical and horizontal configurations) A virtual organization

Which of the following is a feeling of intrinsic motivation, in which workers perceive their work to have meaning and perceive themselves to be competent?

Acknowledgement Autonomy (Empowerment) Reciprocity

Which of the following results from a situational analysis for a supermarket?

a growing demand for organic fruits the low unemployment rate in the country the rival supermarket is offering ready-made meals (all of the above)

A buyer's bargaining power tends to be higher when a company sells a popular product to multiple buyers than when a company is dependent on just a few high-volume buyers.

true (false)

A competitive analysis looks at competitors and tries to answer if a company has enough human resources to compete.

true (false)

Departmentalization is a method of organizing work and workers into separate units responsible for particular business functions or areas of expertise.

true (false)

Once a firm proves an integrated strategy is successful, the same strategy can be used for the next 25 years.

true (false)