This ARE 112 Midterm 2 study guide for the 2025/2026 academic year offers 100+ solved questions and correct answers, thoroughly covering advanced management topics drawn from lectures, strategic case studies, and real-world applications. Each answer is concise, concept-focused, and exam-ready, offering students a comprehensive midterm preparation tool for Lundblad’s Organizational Behavior and Management course.
Topics span foundational theories to practical tools, including:
Types of Power: Coercive, Legitimate, Reward, Expert, Referent
Organizational Ethics & Stakeholder Theory: Societal, Organizational, Occupational, and Individual ethics; Moral rights, Utilitarianism, Justice, Practical rule
Decision-Making Models: Structured vs. unstructured decisions, Decision trees, Monte Carlo method, Bounded rationality, Risk, Uncertainty
Strategic Management Tools: SWOT analysis, BCG matrix, Porter's Five Forces, Balanced Scorecard, Mission vs. Vision
Organizational Concepts: Decision rights, Component Business Model, Core competencies, Outsourcing
Supply & Demand Chains: Conceptual vs. Physical supply chains, Inventory turnover, Cycle time, Demand chain, Cross-docking
Learning Theories: Classical and Operant Conditioning, Innovation vs. Creativity
Project and Process Management: Business cases, Phase models (Unfreeze–Change–Refreeze), Crossover Strategy
Leadership & Personal Development: The 5 C's (Commitment, Competency, Courage, Candor, Compassion), Line vs. Staff functions
Quality Management: Juran’s cost of quality, ISO 9000/9001, Design vs. Conformance
Risk Management: Business vs. Financial risk, Trustee liability in nonprofits
Case References: Lou Gerstner (IBM), Duke Hospital (Balanced Scorecard), Wells Fargo transition
This document is highly relevant for students in:
Business Administration and Organizational Leadership
Strategic Management and Consulting
Operations & Quality Management
Human Resources, Nonprofit Management, and Ethics-Focused Programs
Undergraduate Business and MBA Foundations
Whether you're preparing for multiple-choice, case-based, or theory-heavy exams, this Q&A document distills complex material into accessible, applicable knowledge.
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ARE 112 MT 2 2025/2026 Exam
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Click Heard Round the World - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔when Lou turned off the
overhead projector and had a discussion with the managers.
Coercive Power - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔The power to Punish
Legitimate Power - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Power granted by some authority
Expert power - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔The power of having specific skill or
knowledge not found in others
Referent Power - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Power from admiration or respect
Reward Power - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔The power form being able to provide a
reward to others
, Definition of Decision making - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔The process by which
managers respond to opportunities and threats by analyzing options and
marketing determinations about specific organizational goals and courses
of action
Structured or Programmed decisions - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔It is simple, Rote,
and habit forming. Don't have to think
Unstructured or Unprogrammed decisions - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Not simple, not
Rote, not habit forming. Requires research
Decision Environment - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔1. Bounded rationality
2. Risk
3. Uncertainty
4. Information symmetry
5. Ambiguous information
6. Time constraints
7. Information costs
Stakeholders - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔has an interest in the work but varying
degrees of authority and responsibility. Also the reach of the organization.