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| What is the major goal of the entrepreneurial stage of the life cycle? |
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| Max Weber developed the concept of a bureaucracy to make organizations.... |
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| More rational and efficient. |
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| Which of the following is NOT a dimension of bureaucracy that Weber envisioned as desirable? |
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| Rules and standard procedures as developed by Weber were to: |
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| Enable activities to be performed in a predictable and routine manner. |
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| Tyler Jones is the CEO of a medium-sized manufacturer of bedding and blankets. Tyler insists on making all decisions as to styles that are manufactured, the type of material that will be used, the sources whom the company will purchase yard goods, thread, and buttons, and the shippers the company will use. Which of the following terms describes this company? |
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| The use of ____ control requires the outputs be sufficiently explicit for a price to be assigned and that competition exist. |
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| Which of the following is the first stage of decline? |
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| Which of the following is not true regarding organizations in the entrepreneurial stage of development? |
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| The organization is formal. |
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| Culture exists at two levels called? |
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| underlying values and visible artifacts |
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| provides members with a sense of identity. |
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| ____ refers to how the organization meets goals and deals with outsiders. |
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| The ____ culture is characterized by strategic focus on the external environment through flexibility and change to meet consumer goods. |
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| The mission culture places major emphasis on: |
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| a shared vision of organization purpose. |
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| A leader who ___ would thrive in a clan culture. |
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| integrates people into action and responsibility through participation. |
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| Most managers are shifting away from bureaucratic cultures because of a need for: |
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| When behavior is governed by a set of moral principles and values, it is called: |
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| ____ is an extension of the idea of managerial ethics and refers to management's obligation to make choices and take action so that the organization contributes to the welfare and interest of all organizational stakeholders. |
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| Corporate social responsibility |
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| Formal structure and formal systems that can be used to shape ethical values include all of the following except: |
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| repetition of words such as those ending Wal-Mart's cheer: "Who's No. 1? The Customer!" |
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| Ron recently had an interview at XYZ Clothing Company. As he was touring the organization, he noticed that the employees were dressed in flip flops and shorts and that none of the offices had doors. Ron witnessed the ____ level of corporate culture. |
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| Most internet-based companies use the _____ type of culture, as do many companies in the marketing, electronics, and cosmetics industries. |
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