WGU C483 - Principles of Management
Ch 9 Exam Questions and Answers
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strategic alliance definition: - Correct answer-a formal relationship created with the
purpose of joint pursuit of mutual goals
In a strategic alliance, individual organizations share administrative authority, form
social links, and accept joint ownership.
learning organization definition: - Correct answer-an organization skilled at
creating, acquiring, and transferring knowledge and at modifying its behavior to
reflect new knowledge and insights
Google, Toyota, and IDEO are good examples of learning organizations
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, high-involvement organization definition: - Correct answer-top management
ensures that there is a consensus about the direction in which the business is
heading.
The leader seeks input from his or her top management team and from lower levels
of the company. Task forces, study groups, and other techniques are used to foster
participation in decisions that affect the entire organization. Also fundamental to
the high-involvement organization is continual feedback to participants regarding
how they are doing compared with the competition and how effectively they are
meeting the strategic agenda
Large organizations are typically... - Correct answer-less organic and more
bureaucratic.
Large size often leads to scale economies
Thus with size comes greater complexity, and complexity brings a need for
increased control. In response, organizations adopt bureaucratic strategies of
control. The conventional wisdom is that bureaucratization increases efficiency but
decreases a company's ability to innovate.
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Ch 9 Exam Questions and Answers
Graded A+
strategic alliance definition: - Correct answer-a formal relationship created with the
purpose of joint pursuit of mutual goals
In a strategic alliance, individual organizations share administrative authority, form
social links, and accept joint ownership.
learning organization definition: - Correct answer-an organization skilled at
creating, acquiring, and transferring knowledge and at modifying its behavior to
reflect new knowledge and insights
Google, Toyota, and IDEO are good examples of learning organizations
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, high-involvement organization definition: - Correct answer-top management
ensures that there is a consensus about the direction in which the business is
heading.
The leader seeks input from his or her top management team and from lower levels
of the company. Task forces, study groups, and other techniques are used to foster
participation in decisions that affect the entire organization. Also fundamental to
the high-involvement organization is continual feedback to participants regarding
how they are doing compared with the competition and how effectively they are
meeting the strategic agenda
Large organizations are typically... - Correct answer-less organic and more
bureaucratic.
Large size often leads to scale economies
Thus with size comes greater complexity, and complexity brings a need for
increased control. In response, organizations adopt bureaucratic strategies of
control. The conventional wisdom is that bureaucratization increases efficiency but
decreases a company's ability to innovate.
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