MHR 318 Week 9 Quiz

The ________ view of organizational culture explains how an organization develops the shared values that can have such a powerful effect on work attitudes and behaviors.

"people make the place"

An inert organization would be best characterized as ________.

struck

According to Geert Hofstede, which of the following is NOT a typical value in countries where individualism prevails?

cooperation

An accountant begins working for a new company. She is placed with other accountants and is very thankful to be working with them. She has learned many procedures and efficient techniques from the other accountants. This BEST demonstrates that functional structures have ________.

coordination advantages

In order for an organization to be effective in organizational design, what is the last thing it should do?

decide what design choices to make

Companies in two different countries have tried to work together by developing a joint venture. However, within six months of initiating this project, the companies find that they cannot work together. Employees in the different countries cannot seem to relate to one another. They have different outlooks on life. This is MOST LIKELY because ________.

differences in national values and norms can make interaction difficult

A company makes and sells office equipment. When employees develop new ideas that save the company money or increase profits, they are paid a bonus. If their ventures do not work, they are severely punished and sometimes terminated. The founder wants employees to be more creative. To BEST encourage creativity, the founder should ________.

eliminate punishments for unsuccessful risk taking ventures

Because the purchases of retail customers can vary dramatically by region, large retailers like Macy's and Neiman Marcus use a ________ to give them the flexibility they need to choose the range of products best suited to their customers.

geographic structure

If an organization adopts a ________, then it locates different divisions in each of the world regions in which it operates.

global geographic structure

Employees ________ an organization's values and its specific norms when they learn to behave according to their organization's specific values and norms without realizing they are doing so.

interalize

A researcher found his company's product may cause liver damage if used for extended periods of time. An ethical lapse would occur if the researcher ________.

kept his findings a secret

Amos is an engineer on a team developing a new video game system. He is frustrated that one of his supervisors is impressed with the team's work while his other supervisor complains that Amos interacts with some of the team members too much. This supervisor feels that to be effective and develop a good product, Amos can't spend a lot of time working on being cordial and developing relationships. This role ambiguity caused by feedback from two different bosses could be seen as a disadvantage of the ________ structure.

matrix

A company operating within a ________ focuses on one functional activity in which it excels, such as research and development, and then outsources the rest of its other functional activities to other companies.

network structure

A company that has low formalization, is decentralized, and has high participation from employees in decision making is considered to have a(n) ________ structure.

organic

A(n)________ is designed to promote flexibility so that employees can initiate change and adapt quickly to changing conditions.

organic structure

A beautician was told to not charge an unhappy client because the beauty-parlor had a policy that if customers are unhappy with the services the shop would not charge them. This is an example of ________.

organizational ethics

In a country with low power distance, the government would MOST LIKELY view programs to equalize wealth amongst all citizens in a(n) _______ manner.

positive

The concept of ________ measures the degree to which countries accept social and economic differences in wealth, status, and well-being as natural.

power distance

A large organization sells three very different items: paper, toy blocks, and books. The structure BEST suited to them would be ________ structure.

product

An example of ________ is the services rendered by a small group of auditors hired to evaluate the accuracy of a firm's financial statements.

small-batch technology