Exam 2: The Management Environment

After the recent economic crisis, managers in the United States have found that there is "smooth sailing" in the global economic arena.

All of the following show why corporate rituals can be valuable in a corporate culture EXCEPT ________.

Gen Xers are generally the children of the Baby Boomers.

Which managerial organizing decision is most affected by organizational culture?

Which managerial controlling decision is most affected by organizational culture?

While global trade has improved since the recent recession, it has not rebounded to pre-2008 levels.

The sociocultural component of the external environment of an organization includes trends and traditions, but not basic attitudes and values.

Which of the following statements about organizational culture is correct?

Which of the following will a "ready-aim-fire" culture tend to do with plans for building a new factory?

Why were the Baby Boomers so much more influential than other generations with respect to changing American tastes and culture?

External factors such as jobs and prices of natural resources are important factors that can affect organizational decisions.

Organizational culture largely determines how much risk members of an organization will take.

Which of the following identifies one reason why managers should NOT put time into managing stakeholder relationships?

The greater the environmental uncertainty, the more an organization needs to become ________.

Experts believe that in the future, income disparity between countries and individual wage earners will be eliminated.

In a short essay, describe a real or fictional company that exists in cell 4 of the environmental uncertainty matrix.

Which company would be best suited to a "ready-fire-aim" culture?

Marta is a dean at Linden State University, a school with an enrollment of almost 20,000 students. In her daily activities, Marta has to deal with problems that involve students, faculty, curriculum, budgets, and a variety of other things. -Marta wants to increase visibility for graduate programs in such areas as public health that are specialized for professionals who have already worked in their field for ten years or more.On which generation should she focus her efforts?

The CEO of a major corporation experiences emotional problems and is prescribed antidepressants by his psychiatrist.Which of the following do the CEO's stakeholders have the most legitimate right to be informed about?

According to the text, economic and demographic changes are two important components of the environment that constrain the actions of managers.