5/10/24, 9:22 AM Quiz: Managing Dynamic Organizational Processes: BUSI610: Organizational Design and Structure (D08)
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Quiz: Managing Dynamic Organizational Processes
Due May 10 at 11:59pm
Points 90
Questions 26
Time Limit 45 Minutes
Instructions
The quiz:
Covers the Learn material from Module 6: Week 6 – Module 8: Week 8.
Contains 25 multiple-choice, true/false questions and 1 essay question.
Is limited to 45 minutes.
Allows 1 attempt
Is worth 90 points.
Submit this assignment by 11:59 p.m. (ET) on Friday of Module 8: Week 8.
Attempt History
Attempt Time Score
LATEST Attempt 1 45 minutes 75 out of 90 *
* Some questions not yet graded
Correct answers are hidden.
Score for this quiz: 75 out of 90 *
* Some questions not yet graded
Submitted May 10 at 12:20pm
This attempt took 45 minutes.
Question 1
pts
Another disappointing day. The reports on your desk indicate that sales of your organization’s cookware
and cooking utensils are down again… for the sixth quarter in a row! The sales manager was in your
office earlier today, trying desperately to make things sound better than they are, but you know
something is very wrong. What is your best course of action?
Hire a new design team to revitalize the product lines
Conduct market research to determine why consumers no longer find your products desirable
Replace the sales manager and sales team
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, 5/10/24, 9:22 AM Quiz: Managing Dynamic Organizational Processes: BUSI610: Organizational Design and Structure (D08)
Start laying off employees in all departments
Question 2
pts
Which of the following statements is true of the entrepreneurial stage of an organizational life cycle?
There is limited control on the employees, and they make their own decisions.
The organization is formal and bureaucratic.
The growth comes from a creative new product or service.
The founders devote all their time to strategic planning.
Question 3
pts
In the formalization stage of an organizational life cycle, management may attack the bureaucracy and
streamline it.
True
False
Question 4
pts
_____ is accused of many sins, including inefficiency, rigidity, and demeaning routinized work that
alienates both employees and the customers an organization tries to serve.
An organic structure
Bureaucracy
An entrepreneurial start-up
Delegation
Question 5
pts
Rumor has it that a barista at a coffee store got into a shouting match with a customer who wanted to
pick up her order at the store’s ordering station. The barista had been told to always hand over orders at
the pick-up station—never at the ordering station—so he forced the customer to walk an extra five feet to
the pick-up station to get her coffee. What kind of authority would motivate this barista to engage in this
behavior?
Bureaucratic
Rational-legal
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Quiz: Managing Dynamic Organizational Processes
Due May 10 at 11:59pm
Points 90
Questions 26
Time Limit 45 Minutes
Instructions
The quiz:
Covers the Learn material from Module 6: Week 6 – Module 8: Week 8.
Contains 25 multiple-choice, true/false questions and 1 essay question.
Is limited to 45 minutes.
Allows 1 attempt
Is worth 90 points.
Submit this assignment by 11:59 p.m. (ET) on Friday of Module 8: Week 8.
Attempt History
Attempt Time Score
LATEST Attempt 1 45 minutes 75 out of 90 *
* Some questions not yet graded
Correct answers are hidden.
Score for this quiz: 75 out of 90 *
* Some questions not yet graded
Submitted May 10 at 12:20pm
This attempt took 45 minutes.
Question 1
pts
Another disappointing day. The reports on your desk indicate that sales of your organization’s cookware
and cooking utensils are down again… for the sixth quarter in a row! The sales manager was in your
office earlier today, trying desperately to make things sound better than they are, but you know
something is very wrong. What is your best course of action?
Hire a new design team to revitalize the product lines
Conduct market research to determine why consumers no longer find your products desirable
Replace the sales manager and sales team
https://canvas.liberty.edu/courses/597015/quizzes/2874361 1/9
, 5/10/24, 9:22 AM Quiz: Managing Dynamic Organizational Processes: BUSI610: Organizational Design and Structure (D08)
Start laying off employees in all departments
Question 2
pts
Which of the following statements is true of the entrepreneurial stage of an organizational life cycle?
There is limited control on the employees, and they make their own decisions.
The organization is formal and bureaucratic.
The growth comes from a creative new product or service.
The founders devote all their time to strategic planning.
Question 3
pts
In the formalization stage of an organizational life cycle, management may attack the bureaucracy and
streamline it.
True
False
Question 4
pts
_____ is accused of many sins, including inefficiency, rigidity, and demeaning routinized work that
alienates both employees and the customers an organization tries to serve.
An organic structure
Bureaucracy
An entrepreneurial start-up
Delegation
Question 5
pts
Rumor has it that a barista at a coffee store got into a shouting match with a customer who wanted to
pick up her order at the store’s ordering station. The barista had been told to always hand over orders at
the pick-up station—never at the ordering station—so he forced the customer to walk an extra five feet to
the pick-up station to get her coffee. What kind of authority would motivate this barista to engage in this
behavior?
Bureaucratic
Rational-legal
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