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When parts of the product or service are outsourced,it's called the "Hollow Organization" design.

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Which of the following challenges the contingency approach which suggests that organizations change through internal transformation and adaptation?


A) Behavioral approach theory
B) Situational approach theory
C) Organizational ecology theory
D) Trait approach theory

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Horizontal,hollow and modular organization designs are sometimes subsumed under the single term "Network Designs."

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Two critical dimensions of creativity,which promote and help unleash creativity,are _____ and a willingness to take risks.


A) personal integrity
B) personal flexibility
C) confidence
D) self-discipline

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The guidelines on how much work to do,is a part of which of the following characteristics of an organizational culture?


A) Norms
B) Rules
C) Philosophy
D) Organizational climate

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Define subculture.How are they formed? What are its consequences?

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A subculture is a set of values shared b...

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In a horizontal organization,employees are rewarded for _____ skill development rather than specialized expertise.


A) communicative
B) interpersonal
C) multiple
D) organized

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In the socialization process,"measuring and rewarding performance" is followed by which step?


A) Adherence to important values
B) Job mastery
C) Reinforcing the stories and folklore
D) Selection of entry-level personnel

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Greenfield redesign means breaking completely from the classical structure and establishing a totally different design.

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The virtual organization is a company outside a company created to specifically respond to an exceptional market opportunity that is often:


A) unstructured.
B) random.
C) temporary.
D) clustered.

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List Pascal's steps of organizational culture socialization in their order of occurrence.

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1.Selection of entry-level personnel 2.P...

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List the important characteristics of organizational culture.

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Some of the important characte...

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Which of the following is the final step in the socialization process?


A) Job Mastery
B) Adherence to Important Values
C) Reinforcing the Stories and Folklore
D) Recognition and Promotion

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_____ learning is associated with routine and behavioral learning.


A) Second-order
B) Dentero
C) Double-loop
D) Single-loop

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List and explain the guiding principles that define horizontal organization design developed by Frank Ostroff and Douglas Smith.

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The industry in which the partners come from and the one in which they now reside are factors that fall under which one of these categories?


A) Politics
B) Finances
C) Structure
D) Emotions

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Creative tension stems from the gap between the organizations' continually upwardly upgraded vision and the reality and suggests the learning organization's continually questioning and challenging the status quo.

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Double-loop learning:


A) involves changing the organization's culture.
B) is associated with routine and behavioral learning.
C) involves improving the organization's capacity to achieve known objectives.
D) is learning without significant change in the organization's basic assumptions.

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Explain the major development in organizational theory after the auspicious historical beginning from Barnard.

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The first major development in organizat...

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Differentiate between hollow and modular organizational design.

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Much of manufacturing on all levels and ...

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