Exam 8: Organizational Design and Strategy in a Changing Global Environment

Typically, an organization that uses a differentiation strategy ________.

In the case of related diversification, when the coordination problems become very severe, which of the following organizational structures is most likely to be used to increase integration?

An organization's strategy is a specific pattern of decisions and actions that managers take to use core competences to achieve a competitive advantage and outperform competitors.

McDonald's core competences in manufacturing, marketing, and materials management create a competitive advantage over rivals Burger King and Wendy's. This is an example of a ________ strategy.

A focus strategy is a(n) ________ strategy.

Typically, the manufacturing function in an organization uses ________.

Which of the following companies will most likely have a mechanistic structure?

________ strategy is a plan to use and develop core competences so that the organization can not only protect and enlarge its domain but can also expand into new domains.

Which of the following statements is true regarding unrelated diversification?

Companies implementing which of the following global expansion strategies are most likely to require the most complex structure and control system?

The bureaucratic costs associated with managing unrelated diversification are much greater than those associated with related diversification.

Which of the following is an example of a functional resource?

A core competence in ________ management can allow an organization quickly to discover and respond to customer needs.

The ________ strategy does not require coordination of activities on a global level because value-creation activities are handled locally, by country or world region.

Honda takes its strength in engine production and uses it to produce cars, motor bikes, and lawnmowers, creating value in different markets. This is an example of a ________ strategy.

According to contingency theory, an organization's design should ensure that all the functions in the organization use the same organizational structure.

In the context of global expansion strategies, which of the following strategies involves R&D and marketing being centralized at home and all the other value-creation functions being decentralized to national units?

Which of the following statements is true regarding a global product group structure?

What are the different types of business-level strategies?

A corporate-level strategy is a plan of action to strengthen an organization's functional and organizational resources, as well as its coordination abilities, in order to create core competences.