Practice Questions Organizational Structure - International Business - Year 1 - RUG
Which external strategies for managing the environment do Robbins and Barnwell describe?Domain choice, bridging, advertising, smoothingEnvironmental scanning, rationing, smoothing, bufferingRationing, buffering, bridging, domain choiceInsuring, lobbying, advertising, environmental scanningAt the periphery of an organisation, you could find boundary spanners.CorrectNot correctOn the input side, buffering is evident when organisations stockpile materials and supplies, increase reliance on one supplier, undertake preventive maintenance or recruit and train new employees.CorrectNot correctAttending lunches, trade fairs, conferences and industry gatherings are ways of …manufacturing.research.development.environmental scanning.Which type of change does the introduction of a major new technology involve?Adaptive changeSystemic changeTransitory changeChaotic changeWhich statements about organizational change is correct?Evolutionary change deals with planned change.Revolutionary change involves incrementally changing existing production technologies.When change is planned properly, its success is guaranteed.It is not uncommon to have evolutionary changes after revolutionary changes.Why do organizations resist change?Members fear losing what they already have.Most organisations are bureaucracies.Many organisations can manage their environment.All of the above.According to Robbins and Barnwell, which techniques can a manager use to change an organisation’s culture?A. Seeking political supportB. Implementing structural changesC. SocialisationD. Building subculturesE. The need to be patientF....
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