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The ideas of "needs to be actionalable" and "generate alternatives"
and "objective measrues" are realted to:
a. BATNA b. transformatioal changes c. theory of constraints d.
Taylorism e. STS
Ans: a. BATNA
The business process reengineering approach is best described as:
a. operational b. market driven such as new products c. both external
and internal to the organization d. strategic
Ans: a. operational
. In The Goal, when Ralph was generating the data it is best described
in terms of the Oliver Williamson terms as an attempt to solve the
problem of ___________ on the part of the other members of Alex's
team.:
a. feasibility b. transaction costs c. bounded rationality d. linear flow e.
incomplete contracts
Ans: c. bounded rationality
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The idea of the "internal fit" and organizational behavior from our class
discussion includes
a. Do the components of the organizational model reflect the buy side
and the sell side? b. Do the components of the organization allow for
effective implementation of the strategy? c. three of the answers
provided are correct d. Two of the answers are correct e. Do the
components of the organization allow for effetive and efficient use of
organizational resources
Ans: d. Two of the answers are correct
Our historical example of organization had a focus on:
a. leadership styles b. the value proposition c. organizational drivers d.
two of the answers are correct e. the layers of management
Ans: c. organizational drivers
Fayol's contribution of management was:
a. communications b. measurement systems c. globalization d.
"linkage" as we see in the supply chain e. administration
Ans: e. administration
Which of the following terms is not related:
a. Descriptive b. Corrective c. Prescriptive
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Ans: b. Corrective
The example from Fredrick Taylor on job design was:
a. loading rail cars b. agriculture c. shoveling coal d. manufacturing
chairs e. all were examples as they all discussed as examples from the
industrial revolution
Ans: c. shoveling coal
In The Goal Alex stayed ________________ at the early part of the
story.
a. at the plant b. with his mother c. at an apartment d. at the house,
but his sister came by to help
Ans: b. with his mother
Which of the following is (are) related to the time Alex figured out "the
goal"?
a. beer b. having dinner with Stacy c. the first meeting with the team d.
two of the answers are correct e. reading his old accounting textbook
Ans: a. beer
. Which of the following is Goldratt's model for implementing the DBR?
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a. linear thinking b. optimization model c. five focusing steps d.
balancing e. min-max model for resources and production
Ans: c. five focusing steps
In our Organizational Design Framework from the start of class - a
diagram - the alignment or matching of the "buy-side" and the "sell-
side" was referred to as the:
a. strategic fit b. the linear fit c. the external fit d. simple as "the fit" e.
the design fit
Ans: c. the external fit
In our Organizational Design Framework from the start of class - a
diagram - which one of the following was not included:
a. Tasks b. Culture c. People d. Systems e. Communications
Ans: e. Communications
In class we commented that the three schools of management could:
a. be seen as layers b. be combined over time in on one school of
management c. continue to replace each other in the organizational
life cycle d. not operate together so would replace each other
Ans: a. be seen as layers
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