Test Bank for Karakowsky and Guriel, The Context of Business. Questions and Answers

1) If there is any consistent pattern in the sweeping changes to corporate architecture, it
has been the delayering of organizational hierarchies.
a. True
b. False

Answer: a
Diff: 3
Type: TF
Page Reference: 120
Skill: recall
Objective: LO1

2) Reengineering is essentially the same notion as downsizing.
a. True
b. False

Answer: b
Diff: 3
Type: TF
Page Reference: 136-138
Skill: both
Objective: LO4

3) The open-systems approach to understanding organizations is based on the metaphor
of the organization as a living organism.
a. True
b. False

Answer: a
Diff: 3
Type: TF
Page Reference: 126
Skill: both
Objective: LO2

4) Frederick Taylor’s philosophy of scientific management advocated a high degree of
job specialization
a. True
b. False


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