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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. Keywords: ARE 112, midterm exam, types of power, ethics, strategic tools, SWOT, BCG matrix, balanced scorecard, value chain, decision making, decision rights, bounded rationality, classical conditioning, innovation, change models, Monte Carlo method, trustee liability, cross docking, quality control, organizational behavior, business strategy, IBM case, Duke Hospital, Lundblad

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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.

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