MGMT 2800 Sime Final Exam Questions With
Complete Answers
German firms are smaller than USA firms - ANSWER True
16-20 age people leave full-time school to join apprenticeships in Germany - ANSWER
True
Secret weapon from 1970's is Technical skill for Germans - ANSWER True
German corporations are required to use consensus process for making decisions that
will impact the workforce. - ANSWER True
A company's, or a manager's, skill in "technik" is accorded great prestige in japan, where
it is regarded as the primary basis for industrial and personal success. - ANSWER False
GERMAN LAW DOES NOT REQUIRE GERMAN COMPANIES TO MAINTAIN
APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAMS, BUT AN UNOFFICIAL DISCIPLINE IS APPLIED BY TRADE
ASSOCIATIONS AND GENERALLY SUPPORTED BY PRIVATE INDUSTRY - ANSWER True
Japenese tends to base their competitive assault on Financial ability - ANSWER False
,THE JOB DEFINITIONS OF THE TYPICAL JAPANESE WORKER IS MUCH BROADER THAN
THAT OF HIS OR HER U.S. COUNTERPART (IN A MANUFACTURING/PLANT SETTING) -
ANSWER True
Participative management styles, marked by mutual respect and a mutual desire to work
toward the common interest, is moreso the norm in Japan rather than in the U.S. -
ANSWER True
What is Sony's core competency? - ANSWER ability to innovate and release revolutionary
products (Diverse Portfolio)
What is 3M's core competency? - ANSWER Adhesives
What is Hondas core competency? - ANSWER Powertrains
A major disadvantage of having a core competency is that you cannot expect to produce
several different products: meaning you are limited to one product line within a specific
industry. - ANSWER False
When Apple decides to make a new product it buys up almost all of the worlds stock -
ANSWER True
A commodity is something that several suppliers exist for and as a result competition,
someone can do it better, faster, and cheaper. - ANSWER True
, How much you outsource has nothing to do with being hollow, it has to do with how
you outsource - ANSWER True
Is it non hollow if you have long term strategic alliances with suppliers that offer their
design and manufacturing expertise, but not in a way to take advantage of you. -
ANSWER False
Concurrent Engineering or Early Supplier Involvement is bringing new suppliers and
companies to work on the design from the beginning. That way there are fewer issues. -
ANSWER True
C-TPAT is a new European Community Regulation on chemicals and their safe use (EC
1907/2006). It deals with the registration, evaluation, and restriction of chemical
substances. - ANSWER False
REACH is a global social accountability standard for decent working conditions,
developed and overseen by Social Accountability International (SAI) - ANSWER False
C-TPAT was introduced to close the gap between ownership of publicly listed companies
and control of such companies as well as to restore investor confidence following the
widely publicized Enron, WorldCom, and Tyco case. - ANSWER False
Institute of Supply Management releases manufacturing report every month. Over 50%
Complete Answers
German firms are smaller than USA firms - ANSWER True
16-20 age people leave full-time school to join apprenticeships in Germany - ANSWER
True
Secret weapon from 1970's is Technical skill for Germans - ANSWER True
German corporations are required to use consensus process for making decisions that
will impact the workforce. - ANSWER True
A company's, or a manager's, skill in "technik" is accorded great prestige in japan, where
it is regarded as the primary basis for industrial and personal success. - ANSWER False
GERMAN LAW DOES NOT REQUIRE GERMAN COMPANIES TO MAINTAIN
APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAMS, BUT AN UNOFFICIAL DISCIPLINE IS APPLIED BY TRADE
ASSOCIATIONS AND GENERALLY SUPPORTED BY PRIVATE INDUSTRY - ANSWER True
Japenese tends to base their competitive assault on Financial ability - ANSWER False
,THE JOB DEFINITIONS OF THE TYPICAL JAPANESE WORKER IS MUCH BROADER THAN
THAT OF HIS OR HER U.S. COUNTERPART (IN A MANUFACTURING/PLANT SETTING) -
ANSWER True
Participative management styles, marked by mutual respect and a mutual desire to work
toward the common interest, is moreso the norm in Japan rather than in the U.S. -
ANSWER True
What is Sony's core competency? - ANSWER ability to innovate and release revolutionary
products (Diverse Portfolio)
What is 3M's core competency? - ANSWER Adhesives
What is Hondas core competency? - ANSWER Powertrains
A major disadvantage of having a core competency is that you cannot expect to produce
several different products: meaning you are limited to one product line within a specific
industry. - ANSWER False
When Apple decides to make a new product it buys up almost all of the worlds stock -
ANSWER True
A commodity is something that several suppliers exist for and as a result competition,
someone can do it better, faster, and cheaper. - ANSWER True
, How much you outsource has nothing to do with being hollow, it has to do with how
you outsource - ANSWER True
Is it non hollow if you have long term strategic alliances with suppliers that offer their
design and manufacturing expertise, but not in a way to take advantage of you. -
ANSWER False
Concurrent Engineering or Early Supplier Involvement is bringing new suppliers and
companies to work on the design from the beginning. That way there are fewer issues. -
ANSWER True
C-TPAT is a new European Community Regulation on chemicals and their safe use (EC
1907/2006). It deals with the registration, evaluation, and restriction of chemical
substances. - ANSWER False
REACH is a global social accountability standard for decent working conditions,
developed and overseen by Social Accountability International (SAI) - ANSWER False
C-TPAT was introduced to close the gap between ownership of publicly listed companies
and control of such companies as well as to restore investor confidence following the
widely publicized Enron, WorldCom, and Tyco case. - ANSWER False
Institute of Supply Management releases manufacturing report every month. Over 50%
