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. According to both strategic contingencies theory and resource dependence theory, the organization's environment produces an internal distribution of power due to what factor?

Strategic enactment of the environment correct incorrect

Coalitions inside the organization correct incorrect

Opportunities to cope with uncertainty correct incorrect

None of the above correct incorrect

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. For an organization to effectively exercise clan control it must have:

Prices and competition. correct incorrect

Rules and hierarchy of authority. correct incorrect

Norms and values to which organizational members conform. correct incorrect

Prices and competition, rules and hierarchy of authority, and norms and values to which organizational members conform. correct incorrect

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. Strategic contingencies theory argues that conditions in the environment produce __________ in the organization which creates opportunities for the development of ____________.

uncertainty, coping mechanisms correct incorrect

change, instability correct incorrect

power, change correct incorrect

contingencies, hierarchy correct incorrect

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. David Charles manages a group of 15 computer programmers. The control system in David's organization is set up so that the number of lines of code written by each member of the group is recorded. If David relies solely on this figure to evaluate the performance of group members, then he will be using:

Behavioral control correct incorrect

Output control correct incorrect

Clan control correct incorrect

Coercive control correct incorrect

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. Professor David Charles manages a group of 15 management professors. The control system in David's university is set up so that promotions and raises are determined by the number of academic papers and books that each professor writes and by the course evaluations each receives from their students. If Mr Charles relies solely on these indicators to evaluate the performance of his faculty, then he will be using:

Coercive control correct incorrect

Output control correct incorrect

Clan control correct incorrect

A mix of output and behavioral control correct incorrect

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. Crozier's study of a French cigarette factory demonstrated:

Control over a source of uncertainty is a key source of power. correct incorrect

Physical structure reveals how power is distributed in organizations. correct incorrect

Uncertainty can enhance management's power over employees. correct incorrect

The hidden face of power. correct incorrect

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. The feminist perspective contributed which of the following dimensions of power that has previously not been considered by organization theorists?

Domination/submission correct incorrect

Autonomy/dependence correct incorrect

Oppressors/oppressed correct incorrect

Masculine/feminine correct incorrect

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. The Walton and Dutton model of inter-unit conflict in organizations presents explanations of conflict in terms of both contextual factors and local conditions. Local conditions include all but which of the following:

Group characteristics correct incorrect

Task interdependence correct incorrect

Jurisdictional ambiguity correct incorrect

'We-they' rhetoric correct incorrect

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. Cybernetic control systems help organizations realize their strategies by aligning:

Behavioral and output measures. correct incorrect

Strategies, goals, and actions. correct incorrect

Culture with social structure. correct incorrect

The interests of managers with those of owners (shareholders). correct incorrect

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. According to agency theory, organizations achieve high levels of performance by aligning:

Behavioral and output measures. correct incorrect

Strategies, goals, and actions. correct incorrect

Culture with social structure. correct incorrect

The interests of managers with those of owners (shareholders). correct incorrect