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ARE 112 – Midterm 2 (2025/2026) – 100 Questions with Answers – Management, Decision Making, BPR, Ethics – University of California

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This document contains a complete set of 100 exam-style questions and fully verified answers for ARE 112: Organizational Behavior and Management, prepared for the Midterm 2 assessment of the 2025/2026 academic year. It thoroughly covers key course topics such as managerial decision making (structured and unstructured), business process reengineering (BPR), change management strategies, types of organizational power, job design, ethics (moral rights, utilitarian, justice, and practical rules), and IT systems (DSS, ERP, TPS, OIS). It includes references to real-world applications and case studies—IBM’s cultural transformation, Duke Hospital’s clinical pathways, and Deloitte’s gender equity initiative—making it especially useful for students seeking applied knowledge beyond theory. Core strategic frameworks like SWOT analysis, Porter’s Five Forces, BCG Growth Matrix, and the Balanced Scorecard are explained and contextualized within business decision-making. This resource is ideal for: Business Administration, Organizational Behavior, Management, and Decision Sciences students ARE 112 students preparing for midterms or finals University and college learners in similar programs with a case-based or strategic management focus It is also beneficial for students at other institutions seeking clear examples of exam-ready answers to business and organizational theory questions. Keywords: ARE 112, Midterm 2, 2025, decision making, DSS, ERP, business process reengineering, BPR, organizational behavior, management exam, structured decisions, team management, ethics in business, types of power, IBM case study, Deloitte case, Duke case, value chain analysis, SWOT, Porter’s five forces, BCG matrix, balanced scorecard, job design, change management

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DSS - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Decision support system


DSS has to do with - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Decision making


Used to make simpe routine decision


Line and staff functions are best seen in - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔The value chain


Planning and scheduling work and assigning tasks and training are terms

related to - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Teams


The conceptual supply chain is - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Broader in scope than the

physical supply chain

,Ideas of tiers 1, 2 , 3 was that the tiers were - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Part of the

conceptual supply chain


In the raft case, we saw - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔An absence of operant learning


unconditional stimulus and conditioned response are related to -

🧠ANSWER ✔✔Classical conditioning


The terms from class of "formal and informal" and "cross-functional" are

related to - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Types of work settings


Which of the following is not a type of information processing system

discussed in class and what did we discuss? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Cognitive

Planning

We discussed: Transaction processing systems, ERP, operational

informational systems.

The statement "a business model" that says you should only make

decisions that you are willing to disclose to the pubic comes from the -

🧠ANSWER ✔✔Ethical rule


The ______ argues for a fair and equiable distribution of benefits and

harms - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Justice rule

, FLAM are/is - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔initials of a law in the area of HR


In the ______ structure you would have to report to two individuals -

🧠ANSWER ✔✔Matrix management structure


When a decision needs to be made that will have an adverse effect on

someone we have an _____ - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Ethical dillema


Coercive power - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Power to punish


Legitimate power - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔The power granted by some authority


Expert power - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔The power of having some specific skill or

knowledge not found in others. Ex) Physician at Duke, Lou in IBM


Referent power - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔The power from admiration or respect


Reward power - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔The power from being able to provide a

reward to others


Authority - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔ability to commend


5 Powers - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Coercive, legitimate, referent, expert, and

reward


3 Strategies - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Force coercion

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