QUESTION Some things that reflect an organization’s culture include manner of dress, office layout, and company slogans. Indicate whether the statement is true or false. ANSWER Answer: TRUE Explanation: Organizational culture, sometimes called corporate culture, consists of the shared beliefs and values that develop within an organization and guide the behavior of its members. […]
QUESTION Rainbow Press has two printing presses that can put out a maximum of 2,000 pages per hour each. Even running three shifts, the company has been turning down work because it doesn’t have the capacity to do more. Rainbow’s owner wants to purchase a new printing press that can print a maximum of 5,000 […]
QUESTION Accountability is the obligation to perform the tasks assigned to you. Indicate whether the statement is true or false. ANSWER Answer: FALSE Explanation: Accountability means managers must report and justify their work results to managers above them.The obligation to perform the tasks assigned to you is responsibility.
QUESTION Which of Collins’s five stages of organizational decline is described this way: “We need a magic-bullet solution to keep us going”? A) undisciplined pursuit of more B) grasping for salvation C) hubris born of success D) capitulation to irrelevance or death E) denial of risk and peril ANSWER Answer: B Explanation: B) Grasping […]
QUESTION The benefits of being a manager in a company with a wide span of control include having more managerial control and more specialization among workers. Indicate whether the statement is true or false. ANSWER Answer: FALSE Explanation: The benefits of being a manager in a company with a narrow span of control include […]
QUESTION In which stage of organizational decline does a company face the greatest danger of bankruptcy? A) grasping for salvation B) undisciplined pursuit of more C) hubris born of success D) capitulation to irrelevance or death E) denial of risk and peril ANSWER Answer: D Explanation: D) Capitulation to irrelevance or death: “It’s the […]
QUESTION A company that allows its middle-level and supervisory-level managers to make most decisions, such that power has been delegated throughout the organization, operates within a system of centralized authority. Indicate whether the statement is true or false. ANSWER Answer: FALSE Explanation: A company that allows its middle-level and supervisory-level managers to make most […]
QUESTION Workers at the Roll-Anew automobile manufacturing plant had always installed the outside mirrors on the cars by hand. Now, robots have been developed to do the work faster and with fewer slips of the screwdriver, and the workers need to know how to operate the robots. In which area is organizational change now most […]
QUESTION Jason works in a pharmaceutical company and reports to the VP of sales and marketing. Right now, he is working on an ad campaign for a new antidepressant the company has developed, so he also reports to the antidepressant product manager. Jason’s company operates on a matrix structure. Indicate whether the statement is true […]
QUESTION Responsibility is the legitimacy that managers have to make decisions. Indicate whether the statement is true or false. ANSWER Answer: FALSE Explanation: Authority is the legitimacy that managers have to give orders or make decisions.
