Strategic Management Week 5 Assurance Questions

Conflict in an organization is

not always bad

A divisional structure by geographic area is most appropriate when

organizations have similar branch facilities located in widely dispersed areas

Both the Internal-External (IE) and Boston Consulting group (BCG) Matrices are called ___ matrices

portfolio

Which organizational structure is most widely used?

Functional

In the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) Matrix, how would a division with a low relative market share position in a high growth industry be described?

Question mark

What action involves reconfiguring or redesigning work, jobs, and processes for the purpose of improving cost, quality, service, and speed?

Reengineering

What is NOT one of the basic ways a divisional structure can be organized?

By cost

All of the following statements regarding the recent trend in Japan of switching from seniority-based pay to performance-based approaches are true EXCEPT

Increases employee morale

What is the most complex form of organizational structure?

Matrix

Forward integration would be an appropriate strategy for which of the following types of division in the BCG Matrix?

Stars

Restructuring is sometimes called

downsizing