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Final Exam
UNF, Williams Davis, Summer 2014
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Business
Undergraduate 3
07/28/2014

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Term
What is the major goal of the entrepreneurial stage of the life cycle?
Definition
Survival
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Max Weber developed the concept of a bureaucracy to make organizations....
Definition
More rational and efficient.
Term
Which of the following is NOT a dimension of bureaucracy that Weber envisioned as desirable?
Definition
Trained employees
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Rules and standard procedures as developed by Weber were to:
Definition
Enable activities to be performed in a predictable and routine manner.
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Tyler Jones is the CEO of a medium-sized manufacturer of bedding and blankets. Tyler insists on making all decisions as to styles that are manufactured, the type of material that will be used, the sources whom the company will purchase yard goods, thread, and buttons, and the shippers the company will use. Which of the following terms describes this company?
Definition
Centralization
Term
The use of ____ control requires the outputs be sufficiently explicit for a price to be assigned and that competition exist.
Definition
Market
Term
Which of the following is the first stage of decline?
Definition
Blinded
Term
Which of the following is not true regarding organizations in the entrepreneurial stage of development?
Definition
The organization is formal.
Term
Culture exists at two levels called?
Definition
underlying values and visible artifacts
Term
Organizational culture:
Definition
provides members with a sense of identity.
Term
____ refers to how the organization meets goals and deals with outsiders.
Definition
External adaptation
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The ____ culture is characterized by strategic focus on the external environment through flexibility and change to meet consumer goods.
Definition
Adaptability
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The mission culture places major emphasis on:
Definition
a shared vision of organization purpose.
Term
A leader who ___ would thrive in a clan culture.
Definition
integrates people into action and responsibility through participation.
Term
Most managers are shifting away from bureaucratic cultures because of a need for:
Definition
greater flexibility
Term
When behavior is governed by a set of moral principles and values, it is called:
Definition
ethics
Term
____ is an extension of the idea of managerial ethics and refers to management's obligation to make choices and take action so that the organization contributes to the welfare and interest of all organizational stakeholders.
Definition
Corporate social responsibility
Term
Formal structure and formal systems that can be used to shape ethical values include all of the following except:
Definition
repetition of words such as those ending Wal-Mart's cheer: "Who's No. 1? The Customer!"
Term
Ron recently had an interview at XYZ Clothing Company. As he was touring the organization, he noticed that the employees were dressed in flip flops and shorts and that none of the offices had doors. Ron witnessed the ____ level of corporate culture.
Definition
visible
Term
Most internet-based companies use the _____ type of culture, as do many companies in the marketing, electronics, and cosmetics industries.
Definition
adaptability
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