Exam 11: Strategy Implementation: Staffing and Directing

To improve organizational learning, many multi-national corporations are providing their managers with international assignments as long as five years.

Corporate culture does not necessarily have to support the strategy of the firm.

When Admiral was acquired by Maytag Corporation, the Admiral employees were willing to accept the dominance of Maytag's strong quality-oriented culture because they respected it. This demonstrates which approach to managing culture?

A good retrenchment strategy can be implemented well in terms of organizing, but poorly in terms of staffing.

IHOP's CEO, Julia Stewart, built a reputation as a turnaround specialist.

European multi-national corporations seldom use people with an international orientation to staff their management positions.

Research indicates that companies undertaking cost-cutting programs are four times more likely than others to cut costs again, typically by reducing staff.

Which one of the following is not part of the process of MBO?

Staffing issues can involve hiring new people with new skills, firing people with inappropriate or substandard skills, and/or training existing employees to learn new skills.

Action plans are important for several reasons. Which one of the following is not one of these reasons?

The hiring of new people with new skills, firing of people with inappropriate or substandard skills, and/or training existing employees to learn new skills are included in the process of

Which of the following is not one of TQM's objectives?

Which one of the following is not one of the activities and techniques typically used in an assessment center to evaluate a person's suitability for advancement?

When Renault purchased a controlling interest in Japan's Nissan Motor Company to form one successful auto group from two with particular sensitivity to Nissan's culture, which approach to managing culture was employed?

Which of the following is not an essential ingredient of TQM?

Downsizing is often used to implement a(n) ________ strategy.

Which of the following is not one of the questions used to assess strategy-culture compatibility?

In TQM, giving employees wide latitude in how they go about achieving the company's goals is referred to as

To successfully downsize, companies must invest in the remaining employees.

According to the text, what is the "key" to effective management of change in culture?