MBA 610 Midterm Exam – Questions With Verified
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According to contingent view the organization's structure should fit the firm's
environment.
A) coordination should take place
through mutual understanding
B) Organizations must be understood
as systems of interdependent
functions
c) Jobs must be designed to improve
productivity using contextual
intelligence
D) the organization's structure should
fit the firm's environment
,After hiring a consultant, a senior organizational design
management team realized that the
organization's structure did not
enable proper usage of its resources
and the culture was not reinforcing
employee performance. Which of the
following pillars of management has
the organization failed to consider?
A) Organizational culture
B) Organizational design
C) Organization leadership
D) Strategic positioning
Best Tools, a manufacturing company, scientific management
needs to cut costs to remain
competitive. The manager of the
company believes that the answer lies
in finding more efficient processes
and is using time and motion studies
to see where improvements can be
made. This shows that the manager of
Best Tools is using _____ to make
strategic changes.
A) contextual intelligence
B) scientific management
C) integrated approach
D) technical approach
The frontline managers of a firm are leadership
feeling directionless and resistant to
change. Middle management has
failed in providing
A) leadership
B) a vision
C) a plan
D) guidance
,Which of the following individuals is A person who sets the vision and objectives of an
the best example of a senior organization
executive?
A) A person who focuses on the big
pictures of a business to ensure that
operations are running smoothly
B) A person who develops and
motivates his team using
interpersonal skills
C) A person who helps define the
organization's strategy using
conceptual skills
D) A person who sets the vision and
objection of an organization
Fine Electronics, a manufacturing contextual intelligence
company, plans to secure new
suppliers in Rhodia. Therefore, the
manager of the company and his
executives visit Rhodia to better
understand its culture and explore
opportunities. This shows that the
manager of Fine Electronics is using
_____ to make strategic changes.
A) integrated approach
B) contextual intelligence
C) contingency approach
D) culture diagnostic approach
, Harriet, a manager of a steel stakeholder mapping
company, wants to design formal
processes and systems to deal with
the firm's various stakeholders. Which
of the following tools will best serve
this purpose?
A) Strategic positioning
B) Stakeholder mapping
C) Strategic mapping
D) Root cause analysis
Harry, a top manager of an Bureaucratic organization structure
organization, clearly differentiated
the tasks and responsibilities of his
employees. Moreover, he
emphasized that top level executives
should do the planning and the lower
level executives should execute those
plans. Identify the management
technique used by Harry.
A) Scientific management
B) Work specialization
C) Bureaucratic organization
structure
D) Division of labor
Helen, a senior executive, works with interpersonal skills
others to create the strategic
positioning that will enable the firm to
effectively compete in the
marketplace. From this scenario, it
can be inferred that Helen uses the
_______ of management.
A) Technical skills
B) Conceptual skills
C) Interpersonal skills
D) Decision making skills
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Terms in this set (117)
According to contingent view the organization's structure should fit the firm's
environment.
A) coordination should take place
through mutual understanding
B) Organizations must be understood
as systems of interdependent
functions
c) Jobs must be designed to improve
productivity using contextual
intelligence
D) the organization's structure should
fit the firm's environment
,After hiring a consultant, a senior organizational design
management team realized that the
organization's structure did not
enable proper usage of its resources
and the culture was not reinforcing
employee performance. Which of the
following pillars of management has
the organization failed to consider?
A) Organizational culture
B) Organizational design
C) Organization leadership
D) Strategic positioning
Best Tools, a manufacturing company, scientific management
needs to cut costs to remain
competitive. The manager of the
company believes that the answer lies
in finding more efficient processes
and is using time and motion studies
to see where improvements can be
made. This shows that the manager of
Best Tools is using _____ to make
strategic changes.
A) contextual intelligence
B) scientific management
C) integrated approach
D) technical approach
The frontline managers of a firm are leadership
feeling directionless and resistant to
change. Middle management has
failed in providing
A) leadership
B) a vision
C) a plan
D) guidance
,Which of the following individuals is A person who sets the vision and objectives of an
the best example of a senior organization
executive?
A) A person who focuses on the big
pictures of a business to ensure that
operations are running smoothly
B) A person who develops and
motivates his team using
interpersonal skills
C) A person who helps define the
organization's strategy using
conceptual skills
D) A person who sets the vision and
objection of an organization
Fine Electronics, a manufacturing contextual intelligence
company, plans to secure new
suppliers in Rhodia. Therefore, the
manager of the company and his
executives visit Rhodia to better
understand its culture and explore
opportunities. This shows that the
manager of Fine Electronics is using
_____ to make strategic changes.
A) integrated approach
B) contextual intelligence
C) contingency approach
D) culture diagnostic approach
, Harriet, a manager of a steel stakeholder mapping
company, wants to design formal
processes and systems to deal with
the firm's various stakeholders. Which
of the following tools will best serve
this purpose?
A) Strategic positioning
B) Stakeholder mapping
C) Strategic mapping
D) Root cause analysis
Harry, a top manager of an Bureaucratic organization structure
organization, clearly differentiated
the tasks and responsibilities of his
employees. Moreover, he
emphasized that top level executives
should do the planning and the lower
level executives should execute those
plans. Identify the management
technique used by Harry.
A) Scientific management
B) Work specialization
C) Bureaucratic organization
structure
D) Division of labor
Helen, a senior executive, works with interpersonal skills
others to create the strategic
positioning that will enable the firm to
effectively compete in the
marketplace. From this scenario, it
can be inferred that Helen uses the
_______ of management.
A) Technical skills
B) Conceptual skills
C) Interpersonal skills
D) Decision making skills
