Exam 4: The External Environment

What type of environment would Tommy Hilfiger have on the stable-unstable dimension? Explain and defend. Then use Tommy Hilfiger as an example for illustrating proper adaptation to that dimension of the environment.

The complex-stable dimension concerns environmental complexity, which refers to heterogeneity, or the number and dissimilarity of external elements relevant to an organization's operations.

A(n) ____ is a formal linkage that occurs when a member of the board of directors of one company sits on the board of directs of another company.

List and give examples of each of the general environment sectors.

Differentiation refers to differences in cognitive and emotional orientations among managers in different functional departments.

The greatest uncertainty for an organization occurs in which environment?

Planning guarantees successful coping with an unstable environment.

Rather than establish buffer departments, a newer approach in many organizations is to drop the buffers and expose the technical core to its uncertain environment.

Why does environmental complexity lead to organizational complexity? Explain.

Which of the following is not a characteristic of the mechanistic process?

In rapidly changing environments, an organic structure is usually better.

Assessment of environmental uncertainty of an organization is based primarily on analysis of two dimensions, which are:

In the organic organization, tasks are broken down into specialized, separate parts.

When Johnson & Johnson had to cope with the unpredictable Tylenol poisoning issue, their experience best exemplified the____ dimension of the environment.

Organizations in rapidly changing environments tend to have ____ management processes.