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| A form of organization that seeks to maximize internal efficiency. |
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| What is vital to an organization's survival? |
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| An organizational form that emphasized flexibilty |
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A formal relationship created among independent organizations with the purpose of joint pursuit of mutual goals.
Example: USPS and FedEx (FedEx has boxes at US Post Offices) |
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| What is an advantage of alliances? |
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| They can increase speed and innovation and lower costs. |
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| An organization skilled at creating, acguiring, and transferring knowledge, and at modifying its behavior to reflect new knowledge and insights. |
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| High-involvement Organization |
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| A type of organization in which top managemtn ensures that there is consensus about the direction in which the business is heading. |
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