Exam 11: Organizational Birth, Growth, Decline, and Death

A computer technology firm has experienced tremendous growth due to the leadership of a strong top-management team, but the turnover of scientists and researchers has been high. What stage of the organizational life cycle is this company in and what is the crisis it is facing? How can the company resolve this crisis?

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Question 21

An organization finds itself in the dissolution stage of Weitzel and Jonsson's model of decline. What should it do?

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Question 22

Which of the following is not included in a SWOT analysis.

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Question 23

Which of the following statements about generalists and specialists is true?

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Question 24

In Greiner's model of growth, a crisis of autonomy is followed by the growth through delegation stage.

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Question 25

An organization in the dissolution stage can only turn things around through very drastic measures.

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Question 26

Which of the following is not a stage in Greiner's model of growth?

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Question 27

The Institutional theory posits that as organizations develop, they become so set in their ways that change becomes difficult.

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Question 28

A large, established organization pursues a broad range of resources in many niches. This company created a new niche in which a new firm could enter and survive. The new firm will likely use which of the following strategies?

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Question 29

How was Andrew Carnegie able to dramatically change the U.S. steel industry?

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Question 30

An organization experiences a crisis of control in the ________ stage of Greiner's model.

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Question 31

A manager continues to undertake projects that have been successful in the past instead of trying new projects. This aversion to risk will likely result in:

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Question 32

The benefits an organization derives from being an early entrant into the environment are called ________.

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Question 33

Signs of deterioration first become obvious to managers in the ________ stage of decline.

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Question 34

The four principal stages of an organization's life cycle are:

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Question 35

________ is the number of organizations that can compete for the same resources in a particular environment.

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Question 36

The rate of birth in a new environment increases rapidly at first. This is in part because many new organizations are founded by entrepreneurs who leave existing companies to start up their own.

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Question 37

An organization experiences a crisis of red tape in the ________ stage of Greiner's model.

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Question 38

In Greiner's model of growth, the phase of growth following a crisis of control is:

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Question 39

A large video company observes that smaller companies are having success with pay-per-view movies and decides to enter the pay-per-view market. This video company is pursuing which of the following strategies?

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An organization finds itself in the dissolution stage of Weitzel and Jonsson's model of decline. What should it do?

Which of the following is not included in a SWOT analysis.

Which of the following statements about generalists and specialists is true?

In Greiner's model of growth, a crisis of autonomy is followed by the growth through delegation stage.

An organization in the dissolution stage can only turn things around through very drastic measures.

Which of the following is not a stage in Greiner's model of growth?

The Institutional theory posits that as organizations develop, they become so set in their ways that change becomes difficult.

A large, established organization pursues a broad range of resources in many niches. This company created a new niche in which a new firm could enter and survive. The new firm will likely use which of the following strategies?

How was Andrew Carnegie able to dramatically change the U.S. steel industry?

An organization experiences a crisis of control in the ________ stage of Greiner's model.

A manager continues to undertake projects that have been successful in the past instead of trying new projects. This aversion to risk will likely result in:

The benefits an organization derives from being an early entrant into the environment are called ________.

Signs of deterioration first become obvious to managers in the ________ stage of decline.

The four principal stages of an organization's life cycle are:

________ is the number of organizations that can compete for the same resources in a particular environment.

The rate of birth in a new environment increases rapidly at first. This is in part because many new organizations are founded by entrepreneurs who leave existing companies to start up their own.

An organization experiences a crisis of red tape in the ________ stage of Greiner's model.

In Greiner's model of growth, the phase of growth following a crisis of control is:

A large video company observes that smaller companies are having success with pay-per-view movies and decides to enter the pay-per-view market. This video company is pursuing which of the following strategies?

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