Test Bank For Organization Theory & Design 13th Edition by Richard Daft, ISBN;9780357445143, All Chapters Fully Covered, Complete Guide A+, Newest Version 2025.

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b. gives us the tools to evaluate and understand how and why some organizations grow and succeed while
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c. obtains inputs from the external environment, adds value through a transformation process, and
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d. provides labels to describe the internal characteristics of an organization.
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ANSWER: b

RATIONALE: Feedback: Organization design gives us the tools to evaluate and understand how and why some
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p organizations grow and succeed while others do not. It helps us explain what happened in the
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p past, as well as what might happen in the future, so that we can manage organizations more
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LEARNING OBJECTIVES: ORGT.DAFT.16.01-03 - 01-03
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NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - AACSB: Analytic
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TOPICS: Organization Design in Action p p p




KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Understand p




2. refers to economic development that generates wealth and meets the needs of the current generation while
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saving the environment so future generations can meet their needs as well.
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a. Centralization

b. Formalization

c. Contingency

d. Sustainability

ANSWER: d

RATIONALE: Feedback: Many companies are embracing the philosophy of sustainability, which refers to
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p economic development that generates wealth and meets the needs of the current generation
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p while saving the environment so future generations can meet their needs as well.
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KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Understand p




3. Pendant Inc., a retail chain based in England, has implemented an energy-efficient trucking fleet. It is increasing its
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use of green materials in buildings, and aims to dispose all the waste of the company by 2025. Which of the
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following measures is Pendant Inc. focusing its efforts on?
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a. Going green p




b. Scientific management
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c. Contingency

d. Centralization

ANSWER: a

RATIONALE: Feedback: Pendant Inc. is focusing its efforts on going green. Going green has become a new
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business imperative, driven by shifting social attitudes, new government policies, climate changes,
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and the information technology that quickly spreads news of a corporation’s negative impact on
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the environment.
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, NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - AACSB: Reflective Thinking
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TOPICS: Organization Design in Action p p p




KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Apply p




4. refers to technologies, skills, and processes for searching and examining massive sets of data to uncover
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hidden patterns and correlations.
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a. Scientific management p




b. Social business p




c. A social media program
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d. Big data analytics
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ANSWER: d

RATIONALE: Feedback: Big data analytics refers to technologies, skills, and processes for searching and
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p examining massive sets of data to uncover hidden patterns and correlations. Big data is not just
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NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - AACSB: Analytic
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TOPICS: Organization Design in Action p p p




KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Remember p




5. Which of the following is a difference between for-profit businesses and nonprofit organizations?
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a. Financial resources for for-profit businesses come from government appropriations, grants, and
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donations, while nonprofit organizations are funded by the sale of products or services to customers.
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b. In for-profit businesses, managers focus on improving an organization’s products and services to increase
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p sales revenues, while in nonprofit organizations, however, services are typically provided to nonpaying
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c. For-profit businesses are committed to servicing clients with limited funds, while nonprofit organizations
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have access to unlimited funds to service clients.
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d. In for-profit businesses, services are typically provided to nonpaying clients, while in nonprofit
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organizations, services are typically provided to paying clients.
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ANSWER: b

RATIONALE: Feedback: In for-profit businesses, managers focus on improving an organization’s products and
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