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MANAGENMENT CH6-10 EXAM QUESTIONS

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-Guarantee passing score -114 Questions and Answers -format set of multiple-choice -Expert-Verified Explanation Question 1: opposition to change results from self interest, misunderstanding and distrust and a general intolerance for change

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resistance to change

Question 2: are companies that are founded with an active global strategy

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global new ventures Question 3: the degree to which a job, from beginning to end, requires completion of a whole and identifiable piece of work.

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task identity Question 4: collection of networked firms in which the manufacturer or marketer of a product or service, the franchisor, licenses the entire business to another person or organiztion, the franchisee

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franchise

Question 5: attempts to overcome the dificiencies in specialized work by increasing number of tasks and by giving workers the authority and control to make meaningful decisions about their work

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job enrichment

Question 6: focuses on problem related difference in opinion

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c type conflict Question 7: occurs when a company builds a new business or buys an existing business in a foreign country

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direct foreign investment Question 8: an activity that does not contribute directly to creating or selling the companys product but instead supports line activities

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staff function

Question 9: Risk-avoiding strategies and or risk seeking strategies

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Choosing Strategic alternatives

Question 10: companies that have a large share of a fast-growing market

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Stars Question 11: An advantage that ether companies have tried unsuccessfully to duplicate and have, for the moment, stopped trying to duplicate

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Sustainable competitive advantage

Question 12: attempts to overcome the disadvantages of job specialization by periodically moving workers from one specialized job to another to give them more variety and opportunity to use different skills...

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job rotation Question 13: broad strategic plan used to help an organization achieve its strategic goals and guide the strategic alternatives that managers of individual businesses or subunits may use.

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grand strategy Question 14: organizes work and workers into separate units responsible for doing business in particular geographic areas.

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geographical departmentalization Question 15: the phrase of a technology cycle characterized by technological substitutions and design competition.

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discontinuous change Question 16: portfolio strategy that managers use to categorize their coporation's businesses by growth rate and relative market share, helping them decide how to invest corporate funds

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BCG matrix Question 17: addresses whether cultures are oriented to the present and seek immediate gratification or to the future or defer gratification

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short term/longer term orientation Question 18: consists of small number of people with complementary skills who hold themselves mutually accountable for pursuing a common purpose, achieving performance goals and impproving independant work processes

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work team

Question 19: informally agreedon standards that regulate team behavior

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norms Question 20: capture the difference between highly assertive and highly nurturing cultures

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masculinity and femininity Question 21: A measure of the ease with which customers can find substitutes for an industry's products or services

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threats of substitute products or services Question 22: ammount of information the job provides to workers about their work performance

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feedback Question 23: A reluctance to change strategies or competitive practices that have been successful in the past

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Competitive inertia Question 24: A worldwide trade agreement that reduced and eliminated tariffs, limited government subsidies, and established protections for intellectual property

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Gatt (General agreement on tariffs and trade Question 25: those who adopt an adaptive strategy that seeks to minimize risk and maximize profits by following or imitating the proven success of prospectors

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analyzers

Question 26: Corporate level strategy ask what questions

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What business or businesses are we in or should we be in?