Exam 5: Interorganizational Relationships

Which of the following perspectives is included in mimetic forces?

Is the use of management fads any different, in your opinion, from the pursuit of legitimacy through mimetic processes?

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

Institutional similarity is the emergence of a common structure and approach among organizations in the same field.

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

List the characteristics of the traditional theory of organizational relationships.

Which of the following is a characteristic of the current orientation toward partnerships between other organizations?

Given their flexibility, specialists are able to reallocate resources internally to adapt to a changing environment, whereas generalists are not.

In North America we have seen a history of powerful organizations exploiting the dependence of small companies. Would you anticipate an end to this phenomenon? Why or why not?

A niche is a domain of unique environmental resources and needs.

The outcome of the mechanisms of mimetic, coercive, or normative forces is that organizations become more heterogeneous, to reflect the natural diversity among managers and environments.

Which term is used to describe organizations with a wide domain-i.e., those that offer a broad range of products and services or that serve a broad market?

Within business ecosystems, managers learn to move beyond the traditional responsibilities of corporate strategy and designing hierarchical structures and control systems.

Many organizations are changing from a partnership orientation mindset to a traditional adversarial mindset.

Describe and illustrate the generalist and specialist strategies that organizations use for their struggle for existence.

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

Explain and contrast the various processes by which institutional similarity occurs.

What is an organization engaging in if it joins a trade association because it is having difficulty securing the main raw material for its production process?

The four perspectives of a framework of interorganizational relationships include resource dependency, population ecology, collaborative network, and re-engineering.

Which approach focus(es) on organizational diversity and adaptation within a population of organizations?