what 3 activities should be considered when creating strategic leadership? -Correct Answer-1. Setting a
direction
2. designing the orginization
3. nuriting a culture decided to excellence/ethics
high performing organizations direclty link leadership strategy to oragnzational strategy (T/F) -Correct
Answer-T
what are the 2 roles of corporate strcuture? -Correct Answer-1. differentiation
2. integration
explain: differentiation -Correct Answer-creating distinct tasks among inviduals/groups in the firm
(division of labor/seperation of duties)
explain: integration -Correct Answer-mechainmism for coordinating people and functions to accomplish
org tasks
what is a simple structure? -Correct Answer-- used for very small businesses
-single/narrow product line
~ owner-manager makes most of the decisions
-highly informal, owner involved in everything, heavy supervision
, what are the pros of a simple structure? -Correct Answer-1. decisions made qucikly
2. owner is aware of everything
3. owner can make decisions that's best for the business overall
what are the cons of a simple structure? -Correct Answer-1. if owner isnt there, employees might not get
work done and opportunities are lost
2. employees make take advantage of the few rules and regulations
3. works only in small businesses
functional structure -Correct Answer-- used for small organizations (15 or less)
-major functions of the firm are grouped internally
-used when you have a single or closely realted product
- vertical integration
-high production value
CEO (and under you is Marketing, R&D, Accounting, Sales)
what are the cons of using a functional structure? -Correct Answer-1. may lead to difficulties in
communcication of each function