Exam 3: The Environment and Culture of Organizations

General Motors sold an auto parts company because profitability was low.The primary environmental dimension considered was

A(n)____________________ occurs when two or more firms combine to form a new firm.

Compare and contrast the sociocultural and the political-legal elements of the general environment.

Culture is the foundation of the organization's internal environment.

Pharmaceutical companies that advise viewers of their commercials to "ask your doctor about..." are engaging in direct influence.

An organization with a task environment containing very few individual elements and changing very little from time to time would,according to Thompson,experience a(n)____________________ level or degree of uncertainty. or

Cell phones have evolved from cordless phones to mini personal computers.This has affected the ____________________ dimension for people around the world.

Workers who purchase company stock have a dual role in the internal environment as

The culture of an organization is often established by the

When used in the task environment,the term competitor is limited to a firm that competes with another for customers.

Organizational effectiveness can best be determined by an integrated approach that considers inputs,transformations,outputs,and ____________________.

Everything outside an organization's boundaries that might affect it is its ____________________ environment.

Twenty years ago most business failures were attributed to poor inventory management.Today point-of-sales terminals are used at the checkout counters of most retail stores.These terminals allow retailers to know what is selling,to see what needs to be reordered,and to better satisfy customers while not over investing in inventory.Point-of-sales terminals have greatly influenced how retailers interact with the ____ dimension of the general environment.

Which part of an organizational system is most closely related to the goal approach to organizational effectiveness?

Would you rather work for a company that is admired or high performing? Why?

In a leveraged buy-out the buyer frequently purchases the corporation with the intent to ____________________.Nevertheless the buyer is still considered the owner.

Competitive rivalry would be exemplified by

Effective management recognizes the key elements of its environment and its ideal alignment and works to achieve and maintain that alignment.

Individuals elected to a board of directors for a specific purpose are typically from ____________________ the company.

The degree of ____ is the extent to which the organizational environment is relatively simple or complex.