Question 1

All the fast-food restaurants in Houston, Texas, compete to obtain environmental resources in the form of dollars that people are willing to spend on to obtain food conveniently. This group of restaurants is an example of a(n) ________.

Accepted Answer

A)  group of boundary spanners 
B)  cluster of environmental niches 
C)  aggregation of marketers 
D)  population of organizations

Question 2

According to the population ecology theory, the number of organizational births in a new environment is rapid at first because ________.

Accepted Answer

A)  the organizations have very few external stakeholders 
B)  there is an increase in the knowledge and skills available to generate similar new organizations 
C)  the environment of the organizations is highly stable 
D)  the bargaining power of the suppliers of the organizations is high

Question 3

Describe the "growth through creativity" stage of the Greiner's model of organizational growth.

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Question 4

According to Greiner's model of organizational growth, during the "growth through direction stage" an organization experiences a crisis of autonomy.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

________ concentrate their competences and skills to compete for resources in a single niche.

Accepted Answer

A)  Organizations pursuing r-strategy 
B)  Generalist organizations 
C)  Organizations pursuing K-strategy 
D)  Specialist organizations

Question 6

What are the three types of organizational isomorphisms?

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Question 7

According to Greiner's model, an organization experiences crisis of leadership in "growth through ________" stage.

Accepted Answer

A)  collaboration 
B)  creativity 
C)  coordination 
D)  delegation

Question 8

According to Weitzel and Jonsson's model of organizational decline, "faulty action" is the first stage of decline.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

In Greiner's model, "________" becomes the way to solve the crisis of red tape and push the organization up the growth curve.

Accepted Answer

A)  growth through creativity 
B)  growth through delegation 
C)  growth through collaboration 
D)  growth through direction

Question 10

An entrepreneur designs a new product. Which of the following strategies is most likely to be pursued by the entrepreneur?

Accepted Answer

A)  r-specialist 
B)  r-generalist 
C)  K-specialist 
D)  K-generalist

Question 11

Explain the process of natural selection.

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Question 12

The first stage of growth in Greiner's model of organizational growth is "growth through delegation."

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

The term ________ of organization refers to the organizations that are competing for the same set of resources in the environment.

Accepted Answer

A)  population 
B)  cluster 
C)  conglomeration 
D)  aggregation

Question 14

Organizations are born when people called ________ recognize and take advantage of opportunities to use their skills and competences to create value.

Accepted Answer

A)  boundary spanners 
B)  entrepreneurs 
C)  whistle-blowers 
D)  free riders

Question 15

According to Weitzel and Jonsson's model of organizational decline, if an organization does not realize it is in trouble in the blinded stage, its decline advances to the ________ stage.

Accepted Answer

A)  inaction 
B)  faulty action 
C)  crisis 
D)  dissolution

Question 16

Which of the following terms refers to a sequence of stages of growth and development through which organizations may pass?

Accepted Answer

A)  organizational life cycle 
B)  organizational integration 
C)  organizational metamorphosis 
D)  organizational decentralization

Question 17

Organizational ________ is the life cycle stage in which organizations develop value-creation skills and competences that allow them to acquire additional resources.

Accepted Answer

A)  growth 
B)  clustering 
C)  birth 
D)  decline

Question 18

Organizational isomorphism is the process by which organizations in a population become more alike or similar.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

Define "organizational inertia." Describe some of the factors that cause organizational inertia.

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Question 20

According to Greiner's model of organizational growth, the stage of "growth through collaboration" immediately follows the stage of "growth through direction."

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

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

All the fast-food restaurants in Houston, Texas, compete to obtain environmental resources in the form of dollars that people are willing to spend on to obtain food conveniently. This group of restaurants is an example of a(n) ________.

According to the population ecology theory, the number of organizational births in a new environment is rapid at first because ________.

Describe the "growth through creativity" stage of the Greiner's model of organizational growth.

According to Greiner's model of organizational growth, during the "growth through direction stage" an organization experiences a crisis of autonomy.

________ concentrate their competences and skills to compete for resources in a single niche.

What are the three types of organizational isomorphisms?

According to Greiner's model, an organization experiences crisis of leadership in "growth through ________" stage.

According to Weitzel and Jonsson's model of organizational decline, "faulty action" is the first stage of decline.

In Greiner's model, "________" becomes the way to solve the crisis of red tape and push the organization up the growth curve.

An entrepreneur designs a new product. Which of the following strategies is most likely to be pursued by the entrepreneur?

Explain the process of natural selection.

The first stage of growth in Greiner's model of organizational growth is "growth through delegation."

The term ________ of organization refers to the organizations that are competing for the same set of resources in the environment.

Organizations are born when people called ________ recognize and take advantage of opportunities to use their skills and competences to create value.

According to Weitzel and Jonsson's model of organizational decline, if an organization does not realize it is in trouble in the blinded stage, its decline advances to the ________ stage.

Which of the following terms refers to a sequence of stages of growth and development through which organizations may pass?

Organizational ________ is the life cycle stage in which organizations develop value-creation skills and competences that allow them to acquire additional resources.

Organizational isomorphism is the process by which organizations in a population become more alike or similar.

Define "organizational inertia." Describe some of the factors that cause organizational inertia.

According to Greiner's model of organizational growth, the stage of "growth through collaboration" immediately follows the stage of "growth through direction."