Exam 17: Strategy,Technology,and Organizational Design

An adhocracy is characterized by few rules,policies,and procedures; substantial decentralization; shared decision making among members; extreme horizontal specialization; few levels of management; and virtually no formal controls.

The virtual organization's critical competence always includes __________ as a base for connecting the firms.

An adhocracy is notoriously efficient.

Most managers question managerial scripts.

As compared to other forms of organization design,the simple design tends to minimize bureaucratic aspects and rests more heavily on the leadership of the manager.

A firm typically has much more choice in the composition of its general environment than its specific environment.

Grafting involves looking outside the firm and bringing back useful solutions to problems.

A managerial script is a series of well-known routines for problem identification and alternative generation and analysis common to managers with a firm.

A traditional way of ordering parts is known as the "two-bin" system.One bin is always kept in reserve.Once an individual opens the reserve bin,he or she automatically orders replacements.

________ involves looking outside a firm and bringing back useful solutions.

The simple organization design is only as effective as is the senior manager.

From an organizational standpoint,IT can be used for all of the following EXCEPT:

__________ is leadership of a quasi-independent unit,department,or organization.

All of the following are data interpretation problems EXCEPT:

As managerial scripts become routines in aging organizations,both managers and employees begin to believe their prior successes will continue into the future,without an emphasis on innovation or learning.

__________ is the process of acquiring individuals,units,or firms to bring in useful knowledge.

From an organizational standpoint,information technology (IT)can be used as a partial substitute for some operations as well as some process controls.

Complex decision support systems do little to aid middle and lower-level managers in analyzing problems and making decisions.

Information technology has spawned a whole new series of corporations called __________.

As organizations age and begin to grow beyond the simple design structure,they become __________.