Question 1

Organic structures are superior to mechanistic structures.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

Firms exist in order to achieve the efficiency benefits of specialization and division of labor.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

Adhocracy is a structure where values,motivation,participation,and mutual respect,allow a high level of coordination without the need for formal control

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

A major organizational innovation of the first two decades of the 20th century was the multidivisional corporation.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

The distinctive feature of project-based organizations is that the operating units-the project teams-are temporary.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

For strategy to be effectively implemented,all enterprises need a strategic planning system.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

Hierarchy is a feature of:

Accepted Answer

A) All human societies 
B) Most complex systems 
C) Most companies before the digital era 
D) Authority-based organizations only

Question 8

The primary mechanisms through which companies translate strategic plans into action are:

Accepted Answer

A) Statements of vision and mission. 
B) Operating plans and capital expenditure budgets. 
C) CEO leadership. 
D) Resolutions by the board of directors.

Question 9

The main reason that most entrepreneurial start-up companies adopt a formalized process of strategic planning processes at some stage of their development is:

Accepted Answer

A) To allow quantitative analysis to be applied to strategic decision 
B) To limit the power of founders 
C) To facilitate coordination and control as a company grows in size and complexity 
D) To enable decisions to become focused more on long term development

Question 10

During the 19th century the principle source of ideas about how to organize large business enterprises derived from:

Accepted Answer

A) Max Weber's principles of bureaucracy 
B) The ideas of industrial leaders such as Andrew Carnegie,John D.Rockefeller and Alfred Krupp 
C) Frederick Taylor's "scientific management" The introduction of limited liability,the railroad,and the telegraph 
D) The military

Exam 6: Organization Structure and Management Systems: the Fundamentals of Strategy Implementation

Organic structures are superior to mechanistic structures.

Firms exist in order to achieve the efficiency benefits of specialization and division of labor.

Adhocracy is a structure where values,motivation,participation,and mutual respect,allow a high level of coordination without the need for formal control

A major organizational innovation of the first two decades of the 20^th century was the multidivisional corporation.

The distinctive feature of project-based organizations is that the operating units-the project teams-are temporary.

For strategy to be effectively implemented,all enterprises need a strategic planning system.

Hierarchy is a feature of:

The primary mechanisms through which companies translate strategic plans into action are:

The main reason that most entrepreneurial start-up companies adopt a formalized process of strategic planning processes at some stage of their development is:

During the 19th century the principle source of ideas about how to organize large business enterprises derived from: