Exam 5: Interorganizational Relationships

In the positive view of partnerships, dependence on another company is seen to increase risk rather than reducing it.

A similar concept to the organizational ecosystem is the _____ approach, in which businesses, governments, and nonprofit organizations join together across sectors and industries to tackle huge, compelling problems of mutual interest.

In the changing role of management, managers think about vertical processes rather than horizontal structures.

Compare and contrast three types of institutional similarity.

In the population-ecology model of organizations, _____ means the appearance of new, diverse forms in a population of organizations.

The traditional orientation to interorganizational relationships involved which of the following characteristics?

The new orientation to interorganizational relationships involves which of the following characteristics?

Normative forces are pressures to change to achieve standards of professionalism and to adopt techniques that are considered by the professional community to be up to date and effective.

All of the following except ____ are elements of the population ecology model of organizations.

We have seen, in this country, a history of powerful organizations exploiting the dependence of small companies. Would you anticipate an end to this phenomenon? Why or why not?

The resource dependence perspective argues that while organizations may attempt to control environmental resources, they also try to maintain their independence.

Benchmarking is:

Most collaborative managers are skilled in handling operations roles, which have traditional vertical authority and are accountable for business results primarily through direct control over people and resources.

Develop your own explanation/theory as to why organizations today find collaboration as important as competition, and why they have a tendency to take on similar characteristics. Would not collaboration be enhanced just as easily with organizations that had different characteristics?

A basic assumption of the population ecology model is that:

The social basis for normative forces is:

Mimetic forces refer to the similarity that is brought between organizations from environmental influences such as governmental laws and legislative requirements.

____ is an organization's specific technology, structure, products, goals, and personnel, which can be selected or rejected by the environment.

A system formed by the interactions of a community of organizations and their environment is referred to as a(n):

Geisinger Health System, Kaiser Permanente, Mayo Clinic, Intermountain Healthcare, and Group Health Cooperative believe that using and sharing digitized patient records can help healthcare providers make smarter decisions and provide better care, such as referring a patient to a specialist in another system. This is an example of which of the following?