Chapter 3 Multiple choice questions

. The inter-organizational network consists of:

Who one knows in the organization. correct incorrect

Other organizations and actors with which the focal organization interacts on a regular basis. correct incorrect

International and global conditions in the organization's environment. correct incorrect

All of the organization's competitors. correct incorrect

. Perceptions of environmental uncertainty are a function of which two dimensions of the environment of organizations?

Resources and intuitions correct incorrect

Mechanistic and organic correct incorrect

Differentiation and integration correct incorrect

Complexity and rate of change correct incorrect

. Concerns about family values in the US resulted in passage of a family leave bill that affects all organizations with more than 50 employees. Family values would be best located within the ___________ sector of the general environment.

Governmental correct incorrect

Employee unions correct incorrect

Political correct incorrect

Social correct incorrect

. Merging with suppliers is an example of which resource dependence strategy?

Joint venturing correct incorrect

Vertical integration correct incorrect

Horizontal integration correct incorrect

Supply chain management correct incorrect

. According to structural contingency theory, conditions with a high rate of change and a low degree of complexity mean:

There is a constant need for new information. correct incorrect

Information overload occurs. correct incorrect

It is not known what information is needed. correct incorrect

None of the above. correct incorrect

. According to population ecology theory, when competencies and resources fit environmental demands then the organization is:

Selected and retained correct incorrect

Legitimized correct incorrect

Rationalized correct incorrect

None of the above correct incorrect

. Resource dependence theory focuses attention on:

Survival of the fittest among the organizations comprising the environment. correct incorrect

Power relationships existing between the organizations in an environment. correct incorrect

The rate of change in an organization's environment. correct incorrect

Ways in which organizations take on the same form as their environment. correct incorrect

. Which theory of organization-environment relationships is credited with bringing social legitimacy concerns to organization theory?

Organic theory correct incorrect

Resource dependence theory correct incorrect

Institutional theory correct incorrect

Population ecology theory correct incorrect

. Which of the following is not considered to be a mechanism of institutionalization?

Mimesis correct incorrect

Competition correct incorrect

Normative pressure correct incorrect

Coercion correct incorrect

. The enacted environment presupposes that:

Environmental conditions cannot be separated from perceptions of those conditions. correct incorrect

A multiple interpretation of goals is necessary. correct incorrect

Organizations adapt to their environment. correct incorrect

All of the above. correct incorrect