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