MBA 704 FINAL PAPER 2026 QUESTIONS
WITH SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
◉Open System. Answer: System made up of interactive parts from
external environment
◉Contingency Approach. Answer: No single best way to organize
Design must be fitted to existing environmental conditions
◉Organizational learning. Answer: Emphasizes innovation and
creativity over adapting to change
◉Learning Organizaitions. Answer: Single Loop
Double Loop
◉Single Loop. Answer: Improving organization's capacity to achieve
known objectives (routine and behavioral learning)
◉Double Loop. Answer: Reevaluating objectives and the beliefs
surrounding them (changing the organizational culture)
,◉Characteristics of Learning Organizationa. Answer: Presence of
tension
Systems thinking
Culture
◉Presence of Tension. Answer: Creative tension (motivation to
learn)
◉Systems Thinking. Answer: Shared visions and openness to new
ideas
◉Culture. Answer: High value placed on process of learning
◉Organization Behavior in Learning Organizations. Answer:
Adaptive learning
Generative learning
Cultural values
◉Adaptive Learning. Answer: Employees simply react to changing
with standard responses leading to short term solutions
◉Generative Learning. Answer: Examine effect of decisions and
change behavior as needed
, ◉Cultural values. Answer: Everyone has useful ideas
Learning flows up and down and new ideas are important
Mistakes are learning opportunities
◉Organizational Design. Answer: Creating or reshaping of the
organizations structure
Horizontal
Hollow
Modular
Network
Radical Redesign
Virtual Organization
◉Horizontal Design. Answer: Improves coordination and
communication
Organized around workflow process not task
Flattened hierarchy and use of teams to manage everything
Teams performance rewarded
Customer satisfying as driver of performance
Supplier and customer contact max
Fully informed and training employees
WITH SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
◉Open System. Answer: System made up of interactive parts from
external environment
◉Contingency Approach. Answer: No single best way to organize
Design must be fitted to existing environmental conditions
◉Organizational learning. Answer: Emphasizes innovation and
creativity over adapting to change
◉Learning Organizaitions. Answer: Single Loop
Double Loop
◉Single Loop. Answer: Improving organization's capacity to achieve
known objectives (routine and behavioral learning)
◉Double Loop. Answer: Reevaluating objectives and the beliefs
surrounding them (changing the organizational culture)
,◉Characteristics of Learning Organizationa. Answer: Presence of
tension
Systems thinking
Culture
◉Presence of Tension. Answer: Creative tension (motivation to
learn)
◉Systems Thinking. Answer: Shared visions and openness to new
ideas
◉Culture. Answer: High value placed on process of learning
◉Organization Behavior in Learning Organizations. Answer:
Adaptive learning
Generative learning
Cultural values
◉Adaptive Learning. Answer: Employees simply react to changing
with standard responses leading to short term solutions
◉Generative Learning. Answer: Examine effect of decisions and
change behavior as needed
, ◉Cultural values. Answer: Everyone has useful ideas
Learning flows up and down and new ideas are important
Mistakes are learning opportunities
◉Organizational Design. Answer: Creating or reshaping of the
organizations structure
Horizontal
Hollow
Modular
Network
Radical Redesign
Virtual Organization
◉Horizontal Design. Answer: Improves coordination and
communication
Organized around workflow process not task
Flattened hierarchy and use of teams to manage everything
Teams performance rewarded
Customer satisfying as driver of performance
Supplier and customer contact max
Fully informed and training employees
