Organizational Leadership
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Organizational Leadership explores the theories, practices, and skills necessary for effective leadership within various organizational settings. The course examines the role of leaders in shaping organizational culture, influencing behavior, and guiding teams toward achieving strategic objectives. Students analyze leadership styles, decision-making processes, ethical issues, and the dynamics of power and motivation. Emphasis is placed on developing communication, problem-solving, and critical thinking abilities essential for leading diverse groups and driving organizational change in an increasingly complex and globalized environment.
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Strategic Management Creating Competitive Advantages 8th Edition by Gregory Dess
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Chapter 1: Strategic Management: Creating Competitive Advantages
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Q1) Internal networks generate their power through the _____________ of their ideas.
A)validity and correctness
B)conviction and clarity
C)validation and recognition
D)approval and awareness
Answer: C
Q2) Environmental sustainability is a value embraced by the most competitive and successful multinational companies.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q3) Transformational change involves
A)extensive communication.
B)little training.
C)no employee development.
D)few incentives.
Answer: A
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Chapter 2: Analyzing the External Environment of the Firm:
Creating Competitive Advantages
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Q1) Referring to the textbook Exhibit 2.7 The World Automobile Industry: Strategic Groups, which strategic group consists of firms high in product pricing/quality and average in their product-line breadth?
A)Ferrari, Lamborghini, Porsche
B)Toyota, Ford, General Motors, Chrysler, Honda, Nissan
C)Chery, Geely, Tata Motors
D)Mercedes, BMW
Answer: D
Q2) All of the following are important elements of the political and legal segment of the general environment except
A)the deregulation of utilities.
B)the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).
C)the increased use of Internet technology.
D)increases in the federally mandated minimum wage.
Answer: C
Q3) Scenario analysis relies on the extrapolation of historical trends.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 3: Assessing the Internal Environment of the Firm
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Q1) A marketing department that promises delivery faster than the ability of the production department to produce is an example of a lack of understanding of the A)interrelationships among functional areas and firm strategies organizational culture and leadership.
B)organizational culture and leadership.
C)need to maintain the reputation of the company.
D)synergy of the business units.
Answer: A
Q2) The innovation and learning perspective of the balanced scorecard answers which of the following questions?
A)How do customers see us?
B)What must we excel at?
C)How do we look to shareholders?
D)Can we continue to improve and create value?
Answer: D
Q3) Inventory turnover is a measure of asset utilization.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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Chapter 4: Recognizing a Firms Intellectual Assets: Moving
Beyond a Firms Tangible Resources
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Q1) Human capital and social capital are vital for superior firm performance. If a firm has strong human capital, the firm may exploit this by building social capital. This can be accomplished by
A)requiring workers to work independently of each other.
B)decreasing the interaction of departments within the firm.
C)structuring the firm with rigid departmental and employee divisions.
D)encouraging the sharing of ideas between employees in the firm.
Q2) Dynamic capabilities are about the ability of an organization to challenge the non-conventional wisdom within its industry and market.
A)True
B)False
Q3) In firms where knowledge and the management of knowledge workers are relatively important contributors to developing products, and services and physical resources are less critical, the ratio of market-to-book value tends to be much lower.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 5: Business-Level Strategy: Creating and Sustaining Competitive Advantages
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Q1) Global logistics firms such as DHL Supply Chain and Global Forwarding or C.H. Robinson Worldwide compete using an overall cost leadership strategy in primary activities such as
A)effective layout of receiving dock operations.
B)effective use of automated technology to reduce scrappage rates.
C)minimize costs associated with employee turnover through effective policies. D)standardized accounting practices to minimize personnel required.
Q2) A firm can attain an overall cost leadership position by using automated technology to reduce scrappage rates.
A)True
B)False
Q3) A potential pitfall of a focus strategy is that cost advantages will not change over time.
A)True
B)False
Q4) A potential pitfall of a focus strategy is that highly focused product and service offerings are not subject to competition from new entrants and from imitation.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 6: Corporate-Level Strategy: Creating Value Through Diversification
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Q1) Greenmail is an offer by a company, threatened by takeover, to offer its stock at a reduced price to a third party.
A)True
B)False
Q2) When Oracle launched a hostile bid for PeopleSoft in 2003, CEO Larry Ellison accused PeopleSoft of launching a poison pill campaign. The outcome of the bitter fight was a better financial reward for PeopleSoft shareholders.
A)True
B)False
Q3) In analyzing the Cabot Corporation portfolio using the BDG matrix, the company decided to shift away from its core competence to unrelated areas of its business. The ensuing decline in assets indicated that it needed to return to its core competence in order to grow.
A)True B)False
Q4) Poison pills always are used to protect the best interests of management. A)True B)False
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Chapter 7: International Strategy: Creating Value in Global Markets
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Q1) According to the textbook, globalization involves international exchange. Included in this exchange is trade in goods and services as well as the exchange of __________, __________, and _________ across countries.
A)habits; values; ideas
B)traditions; legal systems; history
C)money; ideas; information
D)statistics; personnel; purchasing power
Q2) Typically, intense rivalry in domestic markets does not force firms to look outside their national boundaries for new markets.
A)True
B)False
Q3) A key tenet of a transnational strategy is improved adaptation to all competitive situations as well as flexibility by capitalizing on communication and knowledge flows throughout the organization.
A)True
B)False
Q4) The factor endowments of a country are inherited and cannot be created.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 8: Entrepreneurial Strategy and Competitive Dynamics
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Q1) In 2005, Plum Organics entered the market with organic baby food and snack foods for children. It now has over 20 products and is listed at number 63 on the Inc. 500 list of fastest growing private companies. It used which new entry strategy in 2005?
A)imitative
B)pioneering
C)differentiated
D)adaptive
Q2) In the Model of Competitive Dynamics, Exhibit 8.4 in the textbook, motivation and capability to respond is one of the reasons companies launch competitive challenges. The Toyota Prius offer set off the competitive dynamic cycle for more fuel-efficient automobiles.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Private individuals who provide seed capital to young ventures are known as A)gazelles.
B)angels.
C)cash cows.
D)rising stars.
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Chapter 9: Strategic Control and Corporate Governance
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Q1) In emerging economies and continental Europe, firms often can be characterized by all of the following except
A)concentrated ownership.
B)low family ownership and control.
C)business group structures.
D)weak legal protection for minority shareholders.
Q2) The traditional approach to strategic control is interactive, while the contemporary approach to strategic control is sequential.
A)True
B)False
Q3) The late Sam Walton, founder of Walmart, used to give pep rallies at local Walmart stores. What purpose did this serve?
A)It was used to remind employees of Walmart rules and regulations.
B)It helped reinforce and sustain the Walmart culture.
C)It demonstrated to employees the importance of articulating explicit goals and objectives.
D)It made the Walmart reward system very explicit.
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Chapter 10: Creating Effective Organizational Designs
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Q1) Multidomestic strategies are driven by political and cultural imperatives requiring managers within each country to respond to local conditions.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Nike is a company that makes use of the concept of product expatriates. Product expatriates are
A)managers from the home country sent abroad to oversee the marketing of company products.
B)managers from suppliers who come to work at the company headquarters.
C)managers of the company sent abroad to work at the plants of its suppliers.
D)local nationals hired by the company in the countries from which it sources products.
Q3) In a barrier-free organization, differences in skills, authority, and talent disappear.
A)True
B)False
Q4) A matrix organization is organized strictly along product lines.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 11: Strategic Leadership: Creating a Learning
Organization and an Ethical Organization
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Q1) Less than 18 percent of voluntary customer contributions in a recent year went to renewable energy development in the Duke Power of Indiana program called GoGreen Power. This is an example of A)a benefit of an ethical organization. B)eco-friendly program development.
C)greenwashing.
D)a successful ethical marketing campaign.
Q2) Leaders play a key role in developing and sustaining organization A)status quo. B)culture.
C)reporting relationships. D)rules and regulations.
Q3) Compliance-based ethic programs typically are designed by A)management. B)employees.
C)shareholders.
D)corporate counsel.
Q4) Organizational ethics is the responsibility of top management only. A)True B)False
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Chapter 12: Managing Innovation and Fostering Corporate
Entrepreneurship
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Q1) Which of the following is not an advantage of collaborating with strategic partners in order to innovate?
A)obtaining skills and new knowledge from outside sources
B)making firms identify their own strengths and weaknesses
C)managers clarifying what an innovation project requires to be successful and who will accomplish it
D)decreasing economies of scale
Q2) Risk taking can lead to competitive advantage, but it needs to be managed carefully.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Real options analysis (ROA) is an investment analysis tool from the field of finance. When applied to entrepreneurship, it suggests a path that companies can use to manage the _____ associated with launching ______ ventures.
A)certainty; large
B)risk; stable
C)uncertainty; new
D)interests; new
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