Question 1

High formalization is most closely associated with which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A)   Organic structure
B)   Small size
C)   Large size
D)   Responsive style C

Question 2

Formalization refers to rules, procedures, and written documents that prescribe the rights and duties of employees.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  True

Question 3

Which of the following characterizes the formalization stage of the life cycle?

Accepted Answer

A)   More formal and less frequent communication
B)   Top management concern with planning and strategy
C)   Incentive system based on profits is implemented for managers
D)   All of these D

Question 4

When clan control works, bureaucratic control is still needed.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Which of the following is the first stage of decline?

Accepted Answer

A)   Blinded
B)   Dissolution
C)   Inaction
D)   Faulty action

Question 6

How should personnel ratios be managed in a small firm?

Accepted Answer

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Question 7

Explain the patterns found in the study of personnel ratios for administrative, clerical, and professional support staff.

Accepted Answer

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Question 8

In 2008, with sales declining and the stock plummeting, Borders' then-CEO told a newspaper reporter who interviewed him about the company's situation: "We're not in trouble; we're not in trouble at all." Borders was in the ____ stage of decline.

Accepted Answer

A)   crisis
B)   blinded
C)   inaction
D)   faulty action

Question 9

Despite the increasing size of many companies, the economic vitality of the U.S. is tied to small and midsize businesses.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

At Shizugawa Elementary School and Toyota Motors, bureaucratic control was carried to such an extreme that it created problems.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

Describe the life cycle of a specific organization that has gone through at least three stages of the organizational life cycle. In your answer explain the crisis this organization is now facing, and how you would recommend that it overcome its crisis.

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Question 12

Requirements of the market control strategy are tradition, shared values and beliefs, and trust.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

Rules and standard procedures as developed by Weber were to:

Accepted Answer

A)   help managers get tough with lazy employees.
B)   keep managers in their positions of control and power.
C)   enable activities to be performed in a predictable and routine manner.
D)   punish anyone who got out of line.

Question 14

Some warning signs for organizational _____ include excess administrative and support staff, cumbersome administrative procedures, lack of effective communication and coordination, and outdated organizational structure.

Accepted Answer

A)   decline
B)   vulnerability
C)   atrophy
D)   competition

Question 15

A condition in which a substantial, absolute decrease in an organization's resource base occurs over a period of time is referred to as:

Accepted Answer

A)   market control.
B)   bureaucracy.
C)   organizational decline.
D)   centralization.

Question 16

In contrast to large businesses, small business is characterized by:

Accepted Answer

A)   constituting a large percentage of all exporters.
B)   decreasing percentage of employees in the economy as a whole.
C)   fewer numbers, as merger mania continues to create a larger proportion of large firms in the world economy.
D)   the front/back combinations that combine small units into larger ones.

Question 17

Which of the following is not a type of authority that could explain the creation and control of a large corporation?

Accepted Answer

A)   Charismatic authority
B)   Rational-legal authority
C)   Traditional authority
D)   Competitive authority

Question 18

There are ten stages of life cycle development that an organization must generally go through in order to reach the final stage when rewards are personal and aimed at those who contribute to organizational success.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

Bo Burlingham, editor-at-large at Inc.magazine, believes that leaders of "small giants" ought to be intimately connected with the community in which they do business.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

Describe Weber's three types of authority that explains the creation and control of larger organizations.

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Exam 9: Organization Size, Life Cycle, and Decline

High formalization is most closely associated with which of the following?

Formalization refers to rules, procedures, and written documents that prescribe the rights and duties of employees.

Which of the following characterizes the formalization stage of the life cycle?

When clan control works, bureaucratic control is still needed.

Which of the following is the first stage of decline?

How should personnel ratios be managed in a small firm?

Explain the patterns found in the study of personnel ratios for administrative, clerical, and professional support staff.

In 2008, with sales declining and the stock plummeting, Borders' then-CEO told a newspaper reporter who interviewed him about the company's situation: "We're not in trouble; we're not in trouble at all." Borders was in the ____ stage of decline.

Despite the increasing size of many companies, the economic vitality of the U.S. is tied to small and midsize businesses.

At Shizugawa Elementary School and Toyota Motors, bureaucratic control was carried to such an extreme that it created problems.

Describe the life cycle of a specific organization that has gone through at least three stages of the organizational life cycle. In your answer explain the crisis this organization is now facing, and how you would recommend that it overcome its crisis.

Requirements of the market control strategy are tradition, shared values and beliefs, and trust.

Rules and standard procedures as developed by Weber were to:

Some warning signs for organizational _____ include excess administrative and support staff, cumbersome administrative procedures, lack of effective communication and coordination, and outdated organizational structure.

A condition in which a substantial, absolute decrease in an organization's resource base occurs over a period of time is referred to as:

In contrast to large businesses, small business is characterized by:

Which of the following is not a type of authority that could explain the creation and control of a large corporation?

There are ten stages of life cycle development that an organization must generally go through in order to reach the final stage when rewards are personal and aimed at those who contribute to organizational success.

Bo Burlingham, editor-at-large at Inc.magazine, believes that leaders of "small giants" ought to be intimately connected with the community in which they do business.

Describe Weber's three types of authority that explains the creation and control of larger organizations.