ARE 112 FINAL REVIEWS QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

ARE 112 FINAL REVIEWS QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS




The ideas of "needs to be actionalable" and "generate
alternatives" and "objective measrues" are realted to:
a. BATNA b. transformatioal changes c. theory of constraints d.
Taylorism e. STS - CORRECT ANSWER-a. BATNA

The business process reengineering approach is best
described as:
a. operational b. market driven such as new products c. both
external and internal to the organization d. strategic -
CORRECT ANSWER-a. operational

. In The Goal, when Ralph was generating the data it is best
described in terms of the Oliver Williamson terms as an attempt
to solve the problem of ___________ on the part of the other
members of Alex's team.:
a. feasibility b. transaction costs c. bounded rationality d. linear
flow e. incomplete contracts - CORRECT ANSWER-c. bounded
rationality

The idea of the "internal fit" and organizational behavior from
our class discussion includes
a. Do the components of the organizational model reflect the
buy side and the sell side? b. Do the components of the
organization allow for effective implementation of the strategy?
c. three of the answers provided are correct d. Two of the

,answers are correct e. Do the components of the organization
allow for effetive and efficient use of organizational resources -
CORRECT ANSWER-d. Two of the answers are correct

Our historical example of organization had a focus on:
a. leadership styles b. the value proposition c. organizational
drivers d. two of the answers are correct e. the layers of
management - CORRECT ANSWER-c. organizational drivers

Fayol's contribution of management was:
a. communications b. measurement systems c. globalization d.
"linkage" as we see in the supply chain e. administration -
CORRECT ANSWER-e. administration

Which of the following terms is not related:
a. Descriptive b. Corrective c. Prescriptive - CORRECT
ANSWER-b. Corrective

The example from Fredrick Taylor on job design was:
a. loading rail cars b. agriculture c. shoveling coal d.
manufacturing chairs e. all were examples as they all discussed
as examples from the industrial revolution - CORRECT
ANSWER-c. shoveling coal

In The Goal Alex stayed ________________ at the early part of
the story.
a. at the plant b. with his mother c. at an apartment d. at the
house, but his sister came by to help - CORRECT ANSWER-b.
with his mother

Which of the following is (are) related to the time Alex figured
out "the goal"?
a. beer b. having dinner with Stacy c. the first meeting with the
team d. two of the answers are correct e. reading his old
accounting textbook - CORRECT ANSWER-a. beer

,. Which of the following is Goldratt's model for implementing the
DBR?
a. linear thinking b. optimization model c. five focusing steps d.
balancing e. min-max model for resources and production -
CORRECT ANSWER-c. five focusing steps

In our Organizational Design Framework from the start of class
- a diagram - the alignment or matching of the "buy-side" and
the "sell-side" was referred to as the:
a. strategic fit b. the linear fit c. the external fit d. simple as "the
fit" e. the design fit - CORRECT ANSWER-c. the external fit

In our Organizational Design Framework from the start of class
- a diagram - which one of the following was not included:
a. Tasks b. Culture c. People d. Systems e. Communications -
CORRECT ANSWER-e. Communications

In class we commented that the three schools of management
could:
a. be seen as layers b. be combined over time in on one
school of management c. continue to replace each other in the
organizational life cycle d. not operate together so would
replace each other - CORRECT ANSWER-a. be seen as layers

In terms of conflict resolution we saw an example in the story of
the sister and the brother the idea of:
a. two of the answers are correct b. the danger of stonewalling
c. focusing on the interest, not the position d. fact-based
analysis tool discussed in class e. all three answers provided
are correct - CORRECT ANSWER-c. focusing on the interest,
not the position

Characteristics of the modern organization as discussed in
class is (are):
a. Acquire, marshal, and allocate resources (money and
people) b. Respond to commercial and social environments c.
all the answers provided are correct d. two of the answers

, provided are correct e. Minimize all cost - CORRECT
ANSWER-d. two of the answers provided are correct

In the "Beer Bust" case the key phase we wanted to remember
was:
a. "...we should always find a way to make the process work
better...: b. "...make sure you have the facts before you
decide..." c. "...the world is not a dichotomy..." d. "...what holds
the company together is our shared values..." - CORRECT
ANSWER-c. "...the world is not a dichotomy..."

In terms of conflict resolution - as we have discussed in class -
The Goal puts an emphasis on:
a. consensus b. data first c. substance over form d. alternative
selection e. two of the answers are correct
ARE - CORRECT ANSWER-a. consensus

When Mrs. Hogget left for the convention she:
a. left with her daughter b. was on a train c. was on a bus d.
riding with Farmer Hogget e. two of the answers are correct -
CORRECT ANSWER-c. was on a bus

A drawback to BPR is that BPR:
a. is not related to the IT function in the organization b.
requires changing what the "process does" c. assumes the
processes are the limiting factors d. only addresses the supply
chain issues - CORRECT ANSWER-c. assumes the processes
are the limiting factors

The topic of the "patterns in the middle" was from:
a. the value chain b. the link between the agent and the
principals c. span of control d. the component business model -
CORRECT ANSWER-d. the component business model

Going back to The Goal for a minute, when Alex showed up the
plant at the start of the book and saw that Peach was there, we,
as discussed in class, had an example of: