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This ARE 112 Midterm 2 review document for the 2025/2026 academic year features over 100 thoroughly answered questions, offering complete coverage of key concepts from the second portion of Lundblad’s Organizational Behavior and Management course. Designed for deep comprehension and rapid review, it addresses foundational management theory alongside applied business tools and ethics frameworks. The Q&A format helps students prepare for exams by reinforcing definitions, comparing concepts, and integrating real-world case examples. Main topics covered include: Types of Power: Coercive, Reward, Legitimate, Expert, Referent Decision-Making Concepts: Structured vs. unstructured decisions, decision environments (risk, uncertainty, ambiguity), decision trees, Monte Carlo simulations Ethical Frameworks: Moral rights rule, utilitarian rule, justice rule, practical rule, stakeholder theory, agency theory Strategic Thinking Tools: SWOT, BCG matrix, Porter’s Five Forces, Balanced Scorecard, Value Chain Organizational Concepts: Component Business Models, Decision rights, Core competencies, Outsourcing Supply Chain Structures: Conceptual vs. physical supply chains, tiers, inventory turnover, cycle time, demand chain, cross-docking Learning & Innovation: Classical conditioning, operant learning, innovation vs. creativity Change Management: Crossover approach, Lewin’s change model (unfreeze/change/refreeze), strategic transformation Additional Topics: Quality control (ISO, Juran), risk (business vs. financial), staff vs. line functions, trustee responsibility Referenced case studies include IBM (Lou Gerstner), Duke Hospital, Deloitte, Bank of America to Wells Fargo, and others used in class discussion. This makes it especially relevant for students needing real-case linkage to theoretical content. Perfect for students in: Business Administration & Organizational Management Strategic Planning, Consulting & Project Management Human Resource Management and Leadership courses Undergraduate and MBA preparatory programs Operations, Quality, and Nonprofit Management tracks Keywords: ARE 112, midterm review, decision making, strategic tools, ethics, types of power, stakeholder theory, value chain, SWOT analysis, BCG matrix, Porter’s five forces, change models, Monte Carlo method, innovation, organizational behavior, supply chain tiers, demand chain, decision rights, trustee liability, crossover strategy, Duke Hospital, IBM case, quality standards

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When we combine at TPS and an operation information system we get an -

🧠ANSWER ✔✔ERP


From our discussion on the IBM book, what did Lou mention was the most

important component of a business to be successful? - 🧠ANSWER

✔✔culture


Which of the following terms is not related to the other terms from one of

our discussions in class:

- market alignment

- creativity

- new products

,- new processes - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔market alignment


In the beginning of the IBM book we saw a good example of a manager

dealing with: - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔both micro and maco problems


From class we mentioned that at IBM when the hardware sales force did

not follow up with the software salesforce we had an example of -

🧠ANSWER ✔✔suboptimization


In the Duke Hospital case the development of the "clinical pathways" is an

example of the use or development of: - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔a BPR


The topic from class on "decision rights" was from the topic of: - 🧠ANSWER

✔✔management tools


From our discussion on the balanced scorecard we - 🧠ANSWER

✔✔commented that the "term" balance was NOT used to give

approximately equal importance to each component

In our discussion on strategic thinking we saw several examples from IBM

in class. The terms from IBM as to what supports their mission and vision

was: - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔business model

, In our discussion on change management in class we used the term "low

hanging fruit" to describe: - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔momentum towards change


In the IBM book, Lou said the solution was about - 🧠ANSWER

✔✔execution


A fair and equable distribution of benefits and harms is a characteristic or

benefits of the: - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔justice rules


The terms develop and diffuse and integrate are related to our discussion

on - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔innovation


The willingness of a person or a group to have confidence in the goodwill

and competency of another person or organization even though this

willingness puts them at risk is: - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔trust


A disciplined approach to only do what matters is - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔strategic

intent

Impact of culture and loss of existing benefits and disturb existing social

networks are examples from class of - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔threats to the change

process




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