MGMT 371 EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH
COMPLETE SOLUTIONS VERIFIED
Business-level strategies affect the design of individual businesses within the
organization, but not the
overall organization.
False
Organizations that select a prospecting business strategy would want to use a
bureaucratic design in
order to control the rapid changes occurring in the organization.
False
A cost leadership strategy would necessitate a centralized organization design.
True
Exxon Mobil is an example of an organization that uses large-batch technology.
False
Orange County Choppers makes custom motorcycles. It uses continuous-
process technology.
False
A strength of Likert's System design is that it finds one best way to design an
organization.
False
The bureaucratic model is the model of organization design consistent with the
human relations
, movement that stresses attention to developing work groups and concern with
interpersonal
processes.
False
One of the primary strengths of a bureaucratic form of organization structure is
how it prevents
favoritism.
True
Organization design is a means to implement strategies and plans to achieve
organizational goals.
True
The appropriate degree of specialization can vary, but not the appropriate span of
management.
False
1. Organizational design is the building block. Job design is how the blocks are
put together.
False
Woodward considered continuous-process technology simple compared to large-
batch
technology.
False
COMPLETE SOLUTIONS VERIFIED
Business-level strategies affect the design of individual businesses within the
organization, but not the
overall organization.
False
Organizations that select a prospecting business strategy would want to use a
bureaucratic design in
order to control the rapid changes occurring in the organization.
False
A cost leadership strategy would necessitate a centralized organization design.
True
Exxon Mobil is an example of an organization that uses large-batch technology.
False
Orange County Choppers makes custom motorcycles. It uses continuous-
process technology.
False
A strength of Likert's System design is that it finds one best way to design an
organization.
False
The bureaucratic model is the model of organization design consistent with the
human relations
, movement that stresses attention to developing work groups and concern with
interpersonal
processes.
False
One of the primary strengths of a bureaucratic form of organization structure is
how it prevents
favoritism.
True
Organization design is a means to implement strategies and plans to achieve
organizational goals.
True
The appropriate degree of specialization can vary, but not the appropriate span of
management.
False
1. Organizational design is the building block. Job design is how the blocks are
put together.
False
Woodward considered continuous-process technology simple compared to large-
batch
technology.
False
