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, Test Bank for Organization Theory and Design
13th Edition by Richard L. Daft.
1. Organization design:
a. encompasses larger elements that influence structural dimensions,
including the organization’s size, technology, environment, culture, and
goals.
b. gives us the tools to evaluate and understand how and why some
organizations grow and succeed while others do not.
c. obtains inputs from the external environment, adds value through a
transformation process, and discharges products and services back to the
environment.
d. provides labels to describe the internal characteristics of an organization.
CORRECT ANS: b
RATIONALE: Feedback: Organization design gives us the tools to evaluate
and understand how and why some organizations grow and
succeed while others do not. It helps us explain what happened
in the past, as well as what might happen in the future, so that
we can manage organizations more effectively.
POINTS: 1
LEARNING ORGT.DAFT.16.01-03 - 01-03
OBJECTIVES:
NATIONAL United States - AACSB: Analytic
STANDARDS:
TOPICS: Organization Design in Action
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Understand
2. refers to economic development that generates wealth and meets the
needs of the current generation while saving the environment so future
generations can meet their needs as well.
a. Centralization
b. Formalization
c. Contingency
d. Sustainability
CORRECT ANS:
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, RATIONALE: Feedback: Many companies are embracing the philosophy of
sustainability, which refers to economic development that
generates wealth and meets the needs of the current
generation while saving the environment so future generations
can meet their needs as well.
POINTS: 1
LEARNING ORGT.DAFT.16.01-02 - 01-02
OBJECTIVES:
NATIONAL United States - AACSB: Analytic
STANDARDS:
TOPICS: Organization Design in Action
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Understand
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Cengage
Learning
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Cengage
Learning
, Test Bank for Organization Theory and Design
13th Edition by Richard L. Daft.
1. Organization design:
a. encompasses larger elements that influence structural dimensions,
including the organization’s size, technology, environment, culture, and
goals.
b. gives us the tools to evaluate and understand how and why some
organizations grow and succeed while others do not.
c. obtains inputs from the external environment, adds value through a
transformation process, and discharges products and services back to the
environment.
d. provides labels to describe the internal characteristics of an organization.
CORRECT ANS: b
RATIONALE: Feedback: Organization design gives us the tools to evaluate
and understand how and why some organizations grow and
succeed while others do not. It helps us explain what happened
in the past, as well as what might happen in the future, so that
we can manage organizations more effectively.
POINTS: 1
LEARNING ORGT.DAFT.16.01-03 - 01-03
OBJECTIVES:
NATIONAL United States - AACSB: Analytic
STANDARDS:
TOPICS: Organization Design in Action
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Understand
2. refers to economic development that generates wealth and meets the
needs of the current generation while saving the environment so future
generations can meet their needs as well.
a. Centralization
b. Formalization
c. Contingency
d. Sustainability
CORRECT ANS:
Learning d
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, RATIONALE: Feedback: Many companies are embracing the philosophy of
sustainability, which refers to economic development that
generates wealth and meets the needs of the current
generation while saving the environment so future generations
can meet their needs as well.
POINTS: 1
LEARNING ORGT.DAFT.16.01-02 - 01-02
OBJECTIVES:
NATIONAL United States - AACSB: Analytic
STANDARDS:
TOPICS: Organization Design in Action
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Understand
Learning
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