Question 1

Which of the following is a difference between exploration and exploitation?

Accepted Answer

A) Exploration extends the search for commercialization of new products beyond the boundaries of an organization, while exploitation limits itself to the boundary of an organization. 
B) Exploration involves adoption of a management practice, while exploitation involves implementation of a management practice. 
C) Exploration encourages creativity and developing new ideas, while exploitation implements those ideas to produce routine products. 
D) Exploration generates ideas that may meet perceived needs, while exploitation generates ideas that respond to opportunities. 
A) Exploration extends the search for commercialization of new products beyond the boundaries of an organization, while exploitation limits itself to the boundary of an organization. 
B) Exploration involves adoption of a management practice, while exploitation involves implementation of a management practice. 
C) Exploration encourages creativity and developing new ideas, while exploitation implements those ideas to produce routine products. 
D) Exploration generates ideas that may meet perceived needs, while exploitation generates ideas that respond to opportunities.

Question 2

Why do organizations employ ambidextrous approach?

Accepted Answer

To attain both innovation and efficiency

Question 3

_____ are changes in an organization's production process,including its knowledge and skill base,that enable distinctive competence.

Accepted Answer

A) Strategy and structure innovations 
B) Product and service innovations 
C) Technology innovations 
D) Culture innovations 
A) Strategy and structure innovations 
B) Product and service innovations 
C) Technology innovations 
D) Culture innovations

Question 4

_____ refer to a technique used to give free rein to creativity within organizations.

Accepted Answer

A) Skunkworks 
B) Creative departments 
C) Venture teams 
D) Switching structures 
A) Skunkworks 
B) Creative departments 
C) Venture teams 
D) Switching structures

Question 5

When an organization development consultant brings together a group to discuss and solve problems such as conflicts,goals,decision making,or communication,the intervention technique is called:

Accepted Answer

A) crowdsourcing. 
B) team building. 
C) culture management. 
D) technical training. 
A) crowdsourcing. 
B) team building. 
C) culture management. 
D) technical training.

Question 6

Corporate entrepreneurship attempts to develop an internal entrepreneurial spirit,philosophy,and structure that will produce a lower-than-average number of innovations.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

Organizations that have an organic technical core readily adopt management changes.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

_____ means that technical,marketing,and production people share ideas and information.

Accepted Answer

A) Horizontal coordination 
B) Boundary spanning 
C) Open innovation 
D) Management innovation 
A) Horizontal coordination 
B) Boundary spanning 
C) Open innovation 
D) Management innovation

Question 9

The management core is concerned with the transformation of raw materials into organizational products and services.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

_____ means that each department involved with new products has excellent linkage with relevant sectors in the external environment.

Accepted Answer

A) Horizontal coordination 
B) Boundary spanning 
C) Open innovation 
D) Management innovation 
A) Horizontal coordination 
B) Boundary spanning 
C) Open innovation 
D) Management innovation

Question 11

What is open innovation?

Accepted Answer

Many successful companies include custom

Question 12

Companies that want to support innovation implement a variety of mechanisms that encourage a top-down flow of ideas.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

Companies encourage idea champions by providing freedom and slack time to creative people.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

Technology innovations are designed to make production less efficient or to produce lesser volume.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

What is disruptive innovation?

Accepted Answer

Disruptive innovation refers to innovati

Question 16

What is management innovation?

Accepted Answer

Management innovation refers to the adop

Question 17

What is organizational development?

Accepted Answer

Managers use a variety of approaches and

Question 18

_____ occurs occasionally,with periods of relative stability,and managers can respond with technical,product,or structural innovations as needed.

Accepted Answer

A) Disruptive change 
B) Episodic change 
C) Structural change 
D) Continuous change 
A) Disruptive change 
B) Episodic change 
C) Structural change 
D) Continuous change

Question 19

Idea incubator is a popular way to facilitate the development of new ideas within an organization.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

A(n)_____ structure stifles innovation with its emphasis on rules and regulations.

Accepted Answer

A) mechanistic 
B) organic 
C) matrix 
D) multidomestic 
A) mechanistic 
B) organic 
C) matrix 
D) multidomestic

Which of the following is a difference between exploration and exploitation?

Why do organizations employ ambidextrous approach?

_____ are changes in an organization's production process,including its knowledge and skill base,that enable distinctive competence.

_____ refer to a technique used to give free rein to creativity within organizations.

When an organization development consultant brings together a group to discuss and solve problems such as conflicts,goals,decision making,or communication,the intervention technique is called:

Corporate entrepreneurship attempts to develop an internal entrepreneurial spirit,philosophy,and structure that will produce a lower-than-average number of innovations.

Organizations that have an organic technical core readily adopt management changes.

_____ means that technical,marketing,and production people share ideas and information.

The management core is concerned with the transformation of raw materials into organizational products and services.

_____ means that each department involved with new products has excellent linkage with relevant sectors in the external environment.

What is open innovation?

Companies that want to support innovation implement a variety of mechanisms that encourage a top-down flow of ideas.

Companies encourage idea champions by providing freedom and slack time to creative people.

Technology innovations are designed to make production less efficient or to produce lesser volume.

What is disruptive innovation?

What is management innovation?

What is organizational development?

_____ occurs occasionally,with periods of relative stability,and managers can respond with technical,product,or structural innovations as needed.

Idea incubator is a popular way to facilitate the development of new ideas within an organization.

A(n)_____ structure stifles innovation with its emphasis on rules and regulations.

Organizations and Organization Theory

Strategy,Organization Design,and Effectiveness

Fundamentals of Organization Structure

the External Environment

Interorganizational Relationships

Designing Organizations for the International Environment

Manufacturing and Service Technologies

Using Information Technology for Control and Coordination

Organization Size,Life Cycle,and Decline

Organizational Culture and Ethical Values

Decision-making Processes

Conflict,Power,and Politics

Filters

Exam 11: Innovation and Change

Which of the following is a difference between exploration and exploitation?

Why do organizations employ ambidextrous approach?

_____ are changes in an organization's production process,including its knowledge and skill base,that enable distinctive competence.

_____ refer to a technique used to give free rein to creativity within organizations.

When an organization development consultant brings together a group to discuss and solve problems such as conflicts,goals,decision making,or communication,the intervention technique is called:

Corporate entrepreneurship attempts to develop an internal entrepreneurial spirit,philosophy,and structure that will produce a lower-than-average number of innovations.

Organizations that have an organic technical core readily adopt management changes.

_____ means that technical,marketing,and production people share ideas and information.

The management core is concerned with the transformation of raw materials into organizational products and services.

_____ means that each department involved with new products has excellent linkage with relevant sectors in the external environment.

What is open innovation?

Companies that want to support innovation implement a variety of mechanisms that encourage a top-down flow of ideas.

Companies encourage idea champions by providing freedom and slack time to creative people.

Technology innovations are designed to make production less efficient or to produce lesser volume.

What is disruptive innovation?

What is management innovation?

What is organizational development?

_____ occurs occasionally,with periods of relative stability,and managers can respond with technical,product,or structural innovations as needed.

Idea incubator is a popular way to facilitate the development of new ideas within an organization.

A(n)_____ structure stifles innovation with its emphasis on rules and regulations.

Organizations and Organization Theory

Strategy,Organization Design,and Effectiveness

Fundamentals of Organization Structure

the External Environment

Interorganizational Relationships

Designing Organizations for the International Environment

Manufacturing and Service Technologies

Using Information Technology for Control and Coordination

Organization Size,Life Cycle,and Decline

Organizational Culture and Ethical Values

Decision-making Processes

Conflict,Power,and Politics

Filters