Chapter 10 Management

The culture at Fired-Up Electronics focuses on empowering its employees and makes use of cross-functional teams. What type of culture exists at Fired-Up Electronics?

Adaptive culture

An organization's hierarchy of authority refers to an organization's _____.

Chain of command

Which of the following organizing choices are managers most likely to make to obtain scarce resources under a rapidly changing external environment?

Create an entrepreneurial culture

A _____ refers to an organizational structure composed of all the departments that an organization requires to produce its goods or services.

Functional structure

_____ refers to the shared set of beliefs, values, and norms that influence how people and groups work together to achieve organizational goals.

Organizational culture

_____ is the process by which managers create a specific type of organizational structure and culture.

Organizational design

_____ refer(s) to the moral values, beliefs, and rules that establish the appropriate way for an organization and its members to deal with each other and with people outside the organization.

Organizational ethics

Organizational culture is shaped by the personal and professional characteristics of people within the organization.

True