31.Roger Ramon is a militant member of a faculty union at a medium-sized college. When the union's negotiating committee is reporting to a meeting of the faculty, he always finds fault with the work of that committee and strongly advocates striking. When a member of the negotiating committee resigns because of illness, the union's executive committee appoints Roger to take his place. This is an example of:
a.formal strategic alliance.
b.cooptation.
c.change of domain.
d.public relations.
32.A(n) ____ is a formal linkage that occurs when a member of the board of directors of one company sits on the board of directors of another company.
a.joint venture
b.interlocking directorate
c.integration
d.indirect interlock
33.Which of the following occurs when leaders from important sectors in the environment are made part of an organization?
a.Integration
b.Joint venture
c.Resource dependence
d.Cooptation
34.____ is especially important in highly competitive consumer industries and in industries that experience variable demand.
a.Advertising
b.Cooptation
c.Executive recruitment
d.Contracts
35.An organization can change its domain most directly by:
a.hiring a new CEO.
b.changing the nature of the labor-management agreements.
c.divesting a division of the organization.
d.moving to a more favorable structure.
36.____ can be used to erect regulatory barriers against new competitors or to squash unfavorable legislation.
a.Cooptation
b.Contracts
c.Joint venture
d.Political strategy
37.“Generation C” refers to people born after:
a.1970.
b.1980.
c.1990.
d.2000.
38.As part of the “green movement,” Nike began making shoes with recycled materials and eco-friendly glues. The big oil company Valero is using windmills to run its refineries more efficiently and produce petroleum-based fuels more easily. These examples belong to which sector of the general environment?
a.Sociocultural
b.Economic
c.Government
d.Technology
39.Chapter 4’s Bookmark examines the volatile nature of today’s business world and gives some tips for managing in a fast-shifting environment. Which of the following is not one of those tips?
a.Seek out and welcome diverse ideas
b.Understand the environment as it was in the past
c.Ruthlessly assess your organization
d.Avoid the common causes of manager failure to confront reality, including filtered information and selective hearing
40.Oil companies, aerospace firms, and telecommunications firms function within a _____ environment.
a.simple, stable
b.complex, stable
c.sumple, unstable
d.complex, unstable
41.Which of the following laws required several types of corporate governance reforms, including better internal monitoring to reduce the risk of fraud, certification of financial results by top executives, and improved measures for internal auditing?
a.Fair Accounting Standards Act
b.Taft-Hartley Act
c.Occupational Safety and Health Act
d.Sarbannes-Oxley Act
42._____ gives top executives a systematic way to collect and analyze public information about rivals and use it to make better decisions.
a.Business intelligence
b.Competitive intelligence
c.Cooptation
d.Integration
43.When one individual is the link between two companies, this is typically referred to as a _____ interlock.
a.direct
b.indirect
c.organic
d.mechanistic
