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51.              Which of the following statements regarding complexity and the strategic decision process is NOT true?

a.As complexity increases, the strategic decision process will become more politicized.

b.The organization will find it more difficult to recognize environmental opportunities and threats as complexity increases.

c.As complexity increases, the strategic process will be constrained by the limitations of top managers.

d.The constraints on good decision processes will be multiplied by the limitations of each individual within the organization.

52.              All of the following are forces causing managers to go beyond traditional frameworks except:

a.globalization

b.rapid changes in information technology

c.shorter life cycles

d.size

53.              The manager’s role in the context of shorter life cycles becomes:

a.one of constant confusion and greater ambiguity

b.one of creating congruency among various organizational design dimensions to fit continuously changing markets and locations

c.one of a boundary spanner

d.more dependent on creativity and investment in R&D in order to develop new products

54.              At Yahoo, CEO Carol Bartz inherited an organization with a complex matrix structure.  The matrix structure resulted in delays in decision making along with a lack of accountability.  To allow Yahoo to react to the environment in a quicker manner and quicken the pace of decision making she:

a.decentralized the structure

b.moved to a product structure

c.implemented the virtual structure

d.added centralization with a flatter structure

55.              The choice of structure for managing an international business is generally based on choices concerning which set of the following three factors?

a.level of vertical differentiation; level of integration; and degree of formalization, specialization, standardization, and centralization

b.level of integration; level of horizontal differentiation; and degree of formalization, specialization, standardization, and centralization

c.hierarchy, global product, and global divisional

d.level of vertical differentiation; level of horizontal differentiation; and degree of formalization, specialization, standardization, and centralization

56.              All of the following are basic design dimensions that have been affected by advanced information technologies except:

a.the hierarchy of authority has been flattened

b.the basis of centralization has been changed and decision making is now made at lower levels of the organization

c.less specialization and standardization are needed

d.complexity has decreased

57.              In order to become dynamically stable, organizations must have managers who do all of the following, except:

a.see their roles as architects

b.combine long-term thinking with flexible and quick responses for improvement

c.follow a well-defined organizational structure

d.focus on future growth through technology

58.              In contrasting structural roles of managers today with managers of the future:

a.future managers must adopt a relatively narrow functional focus

b.future managers will tend to get things done by giving employees orders

c.future managers will encourage cross-functional collaboration and team development

d.future managers will strictly adhere to boss-employee authority relationships

59.              Emerging organizational structures will emphasize all of the following except:

a.multiple competencies

b.process rather than function

c.self-managed teams

d.extensive vertical differentiation

60.              All of the following are emerging structures discussed in your textbook except:

a.circle

b.network

c.virtual

d.cellular

61.              The organization using a weblike structure where some or all of their operating functions are contracted to other organizations would be called a:

a.network organization

b.virtual organization

c.cellular organization

d.circle organization

62.              A temporary organization consisting of independent enterprises is known as:

a.cellular organization

b.circle organization

c.virtual organization

d.network organization

63.              Which of the following would NOT be a symptom of poor alignment between the structure and contextual variables of an organization?

a.delays in decision making

b.innovative responses to a changing environment do not occur

c.increased conflict between departments

d.high executive turnover