Exam 12: Decision Rights: The Level of Empowerment

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If D represents the level of decentralization of corporate decision-making, then Benefits = BD and Costs = AD + C*D². The optimal level of decentralization occurs where the:

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Decision control is made up of:

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If D represents the level of decentralization of corporate decision-making, then Benefits = BD and Costs = AD + C*D². The optimal level of decentralization occurs where:

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Question 23

What are influence costs, and why do they inhibit efficient organizational design?

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Question 24

Plain Truth Adverting employs KPR, a large accounting firm, to audit its books each year. This involves considerable expense for the advertising firm, since its sales account managers are very independent and maintain separate record keeping systems. Should the CEO at Plain Truth cancel the audit and rely on a brief year-end summary from each sales account manager? Why?

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Question 25

Each year, most US companies bring a CPA firm to audit their books. This is an example of:

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Question 26

An empowered employee has:

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Question 27

Incentive problems are usually:

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Question 28

Macrosoft is implementing a new research and design shop to integrate PC manufacturers' requirements for new computer software with Macrosoft's operating system. The process of integration usually requires five different kinds of software modification tasks, plus decisions about integrating these modifications. Discuss the problems of designing the new jobs in this research and design shop.

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Question 29

Boundary setting refers to:

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Question 30

If decision makers do not bear the major wealth effects of decisions, then:

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Question 31

Kevin Freeman is the head of a team developing plastic knee replacements. Each member of the team brings specialized knowledge to the innovation process. Without both engineers and materials specialists, the project could not be successful. This an example of the:

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Question 32

If an employee makes a point of stopping each morning in his manager's office to detail the positive outcomes yesterday's work, this is an example of:

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You are assigned a group project for the class, and you will be graded as a group, and your individual grade will be decided on the group's performance relative to other groups. Will you like this arrangement?

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Question 34

Centralized decision-making is most commonly found in:

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Decentralizing decision rights marries authority with local knowledge. This would seem to be a good thing, but a problem that may arise is that:

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Question 36

Which of the following is not a cost of decentralization of corporate decision-making?

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If D represents the level of decentralization of corporate decision-making, then Benefits = BD and Costs = AD + C*D². The optimal level of decentralization occurs where the:

Decision control is made up of:

If D represents the level of decentralization of corporate decision-making, then Benefits = BD and Costs = AD + C*D². The optimal level of decentralization occurs where:

What are influence costs, and why do they inhibit efficient organizational design?

Each year, most US companies bring a CPA firm to audit their books. This is an example of:

An empowered employee has:

Incentive problems are usually:

Boundary setting refers to:

If decision makers do not bear the major wealth effects of decisions, then:

Kevin Freeman is the head of a team developing plastic knee replacements. Each member of the team brings specialized knowledge to the innovation process. Without both engineers and materials specialists, the project could not be successful. This an example of the:

If an employee makes a point of stopping each morning in his manager's office to detail the positive outcomes yesterday's work, this is an example of:

You are assigned a group project for the class, and you will be graded as a group, and your individual grade will be decided on the group's performance relative to other groups. Will you like this arrangement?

Centralized decision-making is most commonly found in:

Decentralizing decision rights marries authority with local knowledge. This would seem to be a good thing, but a problem that may arise is that:

Which of the following is not a cost of decentralization of corporate decision-making?

Introduction

Economists View of Behavior

Markets, Organizations, and the Role of Knowledge

Demand

Production and Cost

Market Structure

Pricing With Market Power

Economics of Strategy: Creating and Capturing Value

Economics of Strategy: Game Theory

Incentive Conflicts and Contracts

Organizational Architecture

Decision Rights: Bundling Tasks Into Jobs and Subunits

Attracting and Retaining Qualified Employees

Incentive Compensation

Individual Performance Evaluation

Divisional Performance Evaluation

Corporate Governance

Vertical Integration and Outsourcing

Leadership: Motivating Change Within Organizations

Understanding the Business Environment: The Economics of Regulation

Ethics and Organizational Architecture

Organizational Architecture and the Process of Management Innovation

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Exam 12: Decision Rights: The Level of Empowerment

If D represents the level of decentralization of corporate decision-making, then Benefits = B*D and Costs = A*D + C*D2. The optimal level of decentralization occurs where the:

Decision control is made up of:

If D represents the level of decentralization of corporate decision-making, then Benefits = B*D and Costs = A*D + C*D2. The optimal level of decentralization occurs where:

What are influence costs, and why do they inhibit efficient organizational design?

Each year, most US companies bring a CPA firm to audit their books. This is an example of:

An empowered employee has:

Incentive problems are usually:

Boundary setting refers to:

If decision makers do not bear the major wealth effects of decisions, then:

Kevin Freeman is the head of a team developing plastic knee replacements. Each member of the team brings specialized knowledge to the innovation process. Without both engineers and materials specialists, the project could not be successful. This an example of the:

If an employee makes a point of stopping each morning in his manager's office to detail the positive outcomes yesterday's work, this is an example of:

You are assigned a group project for the class, and you will be graded as a group, and your individual grade will be decided on the group's performance relative to other groups. Will you like this arrangement?

Centralized decision-making is most commonly found in:

Decentralizing decision rights marries authority with local knowledge. This would seem to be a good thing, but a problem that may arise is that:

Which of the following is not a cost of decentralization of corporate decision-making?

Introduction

Economists View of Behavior

Markets, Organizations, and the Role of Knowledge

Demand

Production and Cost

Market Structure

Pricing With Market Power

Economics of Strategy: Creating and Capturing Value

Economics of Strategy: Game Theory

Incentive Conflicts and Contracts

Organizational Architecture

Decision Rights: Bundling Tasks Into Jobs and Subunits

Attracting and Retaining Qualified Employees

Incentive Compensation

Individual Performance Evaluation

Divisional Performance Evaluation

Corporate Governance

Vertical Integration and Outsourcing

Leadership: Motivating Change Within Organizations

Understanding the Business Environment: The Economics of Regulation

Ethics and Organizational Architecture

Organizational Architecture and the Process of Management Innovation

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If D represents the level of decentralization of corporate decision-making, then Benefits = BD and Costs = AD + C*D². The optimal level of decentralization occurs where the:

If D represents the level of decentralization of corporate decision-making, then Benefits = BD and Costs = AD + C*D². The optimal level of decentralization occurs where: