Exam 2: Strategy, Organization Design, and Effectiveness

Strategic intent means that all the organization's energies and resources are directed toward a focused, unifying, and compelling overall goal.

Which approach measures progress toward attainment of those goals?

Organizational mission and operational goals are the same thing.

In an introductory management course, the professor was quoted as saying that "organizational effectiveness is simply the degree to which the organization achieves its pre-set goals." Is she correct?

Name a company that you can imagine creating. List five operative goals that would be reasonable for your company to pursue.

The most common occurrence in setting goals and selecting a strategy is that:

Based on the following description, place the strategy of Granite Rock Company into a theoretical context and explain its approach in "textbook terms." We know that Granite Rock tracks its actual operations in at least 40 measurable ways, each plotted and posted on graphs and charts at every plant. They survey customers to rate themselves and competitors, and aim to outperform the group average by 33%. When they don't achieve their goal, they chart the actual daily operations, and are assured that their employees will see a negative and want to do something about it.

____ means that all the organization's energies and resources are directed toward a focused, unifying, and compelling overall goal.

A company's core competence is something the organization does especially well in comparison to its competitors.

The top management role in organization effectiveness involves examination of internal environment which includes:

Organizational goals represent the reason for an organization's existence and the outcomes it seeks to achieve.

Organization ____ needs to support the firm's competitive approach.

Explain strategic intent and the purpose of a mission in an organization.

Official goals provide ____, while operative goals and strategies provide ____.

Which of the following describes the organization's shared values and beliefs and its reason for being?

In finding its competitive edge within Porters' five forces, Porter suggests that a company can adopt one of three strategies: differentiation, low-cost leadership, or focus.

What is the specific overlap between effectiveness and efficiency?

The primary responsibility of top management is to determine an organization's goals, strategy, and design, therein adapting the organization to a changing environment.

What is the difference between a differentiation and a focus strategy?

Differentiation is the strategy that is specifically designed to innovate, take risks, and above all, grow in its dynamic environment.