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Business Administration is a comprehensive course that explores the fundamental theories, principles, and practices involved in managing modern organizations. The curriculum covers key areas such as organizational behavior, marketing, accounting, finance, operations management, and strategic planning. Students will develop critical skills in leadership, decision-making, communication, and problem-solving, while gaining insights into the ethical and global dimensions of business. Practical case studies and group projects are utilized to connect theoretical knowledge with real-world applications, preparing students for diverse roles in the business environment.
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Organization Theory and Design 12th Edition by Richard L. Daft
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Chapter 1: Organizations and Organization Theory
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Q1) Large universities tend to be low on formalization
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q2) Which of the following is a difference between for-profit businesses and nonprofit organizations?
A)Financial resources for for-profit businesses come from government appropriations, grants, and donations, while nonprofit organizations are funded by the sale of products or services to customers.
B)In for-profit businesses, managers focus on improving an organization's products and services to increase sales revenues, while in nonprofit organizations, however, services are typically provided to nonpaying clients.
C)For-profit businesses are committed to servicing clients with limited funds, while nonprofit organizations have access to unlimited funds to service clients.
D)In for-profit businesses, services are typically provided to nonpaying clients, while in nonprofit organizations, services are typically provided to paying clients.
Answer: B
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Chapter 2: Strategy,Organization Design,and Effectiveness
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Q1) In the context of the competing values model,the internal focus of an organization represents an emphasis on the well-being of the organization itself with respect to the environment.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q2) _____ describe specific measurable outcomes and are often concerned with the short run.
A)Official goals
B)Visionary goals
C)Strategic goals
D)Operating goals
Answer: D
Q3) For nonprofit organizations,resource goals might include recruiting dedicated volunteers and expanding the organization's funding base.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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Chapter 3: Fundamentals of Organization Structure
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Q1) A weakness of functional structures is that they seldom enable in-depth knowledge and skill development.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q2) The term _____ means the redesign of a vertical organization along its horizontal workflows and processes.
A)vertical linkage
B)vertical network grouping
C)innovating
D)reengineering
Answer: D
Q3) In _____,departments are separate organizations that are electronically connected for the sharing of information and completion of tasks.
A)functional grouping
B)virtual network grouping
C)divisional grouping
D)horizontal grouping
Answer: A
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Chapter 4: the External Environment
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Q1) A(n)_____ involves the purchase of one organization by another so that the buyer assumes control.
A)merger
B)joint venture
C)consolidation
D)acquisition
Q2) To maintain autonomy,organizations that already have abundant financial resources will develop links with other organizations.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Contracts and joint ventures increase uncertainty as there is no legal relation involved.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Which of the following is a characteristic of the general environment?
A)It includes those sectors that will indirectly impact a firm.
B)It includes the raw materials and human resources sectors.
C)It includes sectors with which the organization interacts directly.
D)It includes sectors that are internally controlled by an organization.
Q5) Elaborate on buffering roles.
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Chapter 5: Interorganizational Relationships
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Q1) A strategic alliance is more formal and binding than a joint venture.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Explain how collaborative-network perspective is an emerging alternative to resource-dependence theory.
Q3) What is an organizational ecosystem? How does this concept impact the changing role of management?
Q4) Companies accept normative pressures to become like one another due to _____.
A)dependence
B)obligation
C)uncertainty
D)independence
Q5) Which of the following is a reason for a mimetic process to occur in an organization?
A)Managers face high risks by supporting innovation.
B)Managers are old-fashioned and stick to their original approach.
C)Managers are unaware of the innovations occurring in the environment.
D)Managers face high uncertainty.
Q6) In the context of the population-ecology perspective,compare and contrast specialists and generalists.
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Chapter 6: Designing Organizations for the International Environment
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Q1) In the context of international development,_____ means competitive issues in each country are independent of other countries; a company deals with each country individually.
A)domestic
B)multidomestic
C)multinational
D)global
Q2) Which of the following is a difference between the domestic and international stages of international development?
A)The domestic stage is export-oriented, while the international stage is globally oriented.
B)In the domestic stage, the market potential is limited, while in the international stage, the market potential is large.
C)In the domestic stage, managers are concerned about international competitive positioning, while in the international stage, managers consider initial foreign involvement.
D)The domestic stage is structural, while the international stage is functional.
Q3) What is a global product structure?
Q4) Discuss the challenges addressed by the transnational model of organization.
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Chapter 7: Manufacturing and Service Technologies
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Q1) In a service firm,the quality of a service is perceived and cannot be directly measured and compared in the same way that the quality of a tangible product can.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Jenson Motors,a car manufacturing company,decides to change its production operations strategy.In the company,an employee adds a part to the car frame and then sends it to another employee to add another part.This process continues until they get the final product,a complete car.The management wants to divide the employees into teams where each team is responsible for building an entire car.If Jenson Motors implements the change,the interrelationships would change from:
A)pooled interdependence on the line to reciprocal interdependence between the teams.
B)reciprocal interdependence on the line to sequential interdependence between the teams.
C)sequential interdependence on the line to pooled interdependence between the teams.
D)sequential interdependence on the line to reciprocal interdependence between teams.
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Chapter 8: Using Information Technology for Control and Coordination
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Q1) In decentralized control,the organizational structure is vertical,like a pyramid.
A)True
B)False
Q2) In contrast to hierarchical control,decentralized control relies on:
A)extensive use of rules and policies.
B)close personal supervision.
C)reward systems.
D)cultural values.
Q3) Behavior control is based on monitoring and rewarding results,and managers might pay little attention to how those results are obtained.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Data mining software is designed to print out data from the government sector,particularly from census reports.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Explain big data analytics with an example.
Q6) Explain social business using an example.
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Chapter 9: Organization Size,Life Cycle,and Decline
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Q1) Explain the role of personnel ratios in an organization's structure.
Q2) Overcommunication,during turbulent times,does more harm than good.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Explain the size-related paradox that companies face.
Q4) In the formalization stage of an organizational life cycle,management may attack the bureaucracy and streamline it.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Huge resources and economies of scale and scope are needed for many organizations to _____.
A)carve out a niche
B)compete globally
C)have an organic structure
D)reduce bureaucracy
Q6) In the crisis stage of an organizational life cycle,leaders should reduce employee uncertainty by clarifying values and providing information.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 10: Organizational Culture and Ethical Values
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Q1) Explain the relationship between ethical standards and legal requirements.
Q2) Sayings are mottoes or mantras that encapsulate key cultural values.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Which of the following is a reason for some stories to be considered as legends?
A)The events are historic and may have been embellished with fictional details.
B)They encapsulate key cultural values in the form of mottos or mantras.
C)The content of the stories is relevant and accurately based on true events.
D)They are rumors circulated in organizations to mislead competitors.
Q4) Organizations can view whistle-blowing as a benefit to the company.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Symbols are narratives based on true events that are frequently shared among organizational employees and told to new employees to inform them about an organization.
A)True
B)False
Q6) The bureaucratic culture supports a methodical approach to doing business.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 11: Innovation and Change
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Q1) _____ means that each department involved with new products has excellent linkage with relevant sectors in the external environment.
A)Horizontal coordination
B)Boundary spanning
C)Open innovation
D)Management innovation
Q2) _____ refers to coming up with new ideas for products or services.
A)Idea conversion
B)Idea generation
C)Idea creation
D)Idea incubation
Q3) Which of the following approaches is used to incorporate structures and management processes that are appropriate to both the creation and the implementation of innovation?
A)Dual-core approach
B)Top-down approach
C)Bottom-up approach
D)Ambidextrous approach
Q4) Discuss in detail the required elements of successful change in an organization.
Q5) Discuss the dual-core approach.
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Chapter 12: Decision-making Processes
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Q1) In the selection phase of the decision sequence,the _____ form of selection is used when a final choice falls upon a single decision maker,and the choice involves decision based upon experience.
A)judgment
B)analysis
C)bargaining
D)authorization
Q2) Which of the following is a difference between the garbage can model and the incremental and Carnegie models?
A)Unlike the incremental and Carnegie models, the garbage can model is only applicable at the problem solution stage of decision making.
B)Unlike the incremental and Carnegie models, the garbage can model deals with the pattern or flow of multiple decisions within organizations.
C)Unlike the incremental and Carnegie models, the garbage can model is only applicable at the problem identification stage of decision making.
D)Unlike the incremental and Carnegie models, the garbage can model focuses on how a single decision is made by the top management of an organization.
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Chapter 13: Conflict,Power,and Politics
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Q1) As interdependence increases,the potential for conflict decreases.
A)True
B)False
Q2) In collective bargaining,managers do not have to go through a union to reach an agreement with workers.
A)True
B)False
Q3) At an organizational level,purely rational procedures work well in every circumstance.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Managers strive to adopt political procedures but will find that rational model is needed to accomplish objectives.
A)True
B)False
Q5) In _____,the output of one department goes to the next department.
A)pooled interdependence
B)sequential interdependence
C)reciprocal interdependence
D)priority-based interdependence
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