Organisation Size, Technology and Environment - MCQs with answers - Part 2

Organisation Size, Technology and Environment - MCQs with answers - Part 2

1. Which technology links clients on both the input and output side of the organisation?

a. Long - linked Technology
b. Mediating Technology
c. Intensive Technology
d. None of the above

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2. State true or false

i. Intensive technology represents a customised response to a diverse set of contingencies.

a. True
b. False

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3. Which of these is a multidimensional structure?

a. Environment
b. Power - Control
c. Structure
d. All of the above

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4. Inconsistent results are generated by the ___________ relationship.

a. Technology and structure
b. Technology and complexity
c. Technology and formalisation
d. Technology - Centralization

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5. ________ is that part of the environment that is directly relevant to the organisation in achieving its goals.

a. General environment
b. Specific environment
c. Actual environment
d. Perceived environment

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6. ____________ refers to the claim that the organisation stakes out for itself with respect to the range of products or services offered and markets served.

a. Domain
b. Suppliers
c. Customers
d. None of the above

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7. How many English and Scottish firms did Burns and Stalker study to determine their organisational structure and managerial practice?

a. 10
b. 5
c. 20
d. 30

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8. Which of these is a characteristic of organic structure?

a. Formalization
b. Complex
c. Flexible
d. All of the above

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9. Which are the four kinds of environments identified by Fred Emery and Eric Trist?

a. General, specific, actual and perceived

b. Long - linked, mediating, intensive and mechanistic

c. Placid - randomised, placid - clustered, disturbed - reactive and turbulent - field

d. None of the above

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10. State true or false

i. Paul Lawrence and Jay Lorsch are from Harvard Business School.

a. True
b. False

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11. Lawrence and Lorsch choose firms from which of the following industries?

a. Plastic
b. Mechanical
c. Electrical
d. None of the above

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12. Which are the 3 key dimensions to any organisations environment?

a. Capacity
b. Volatility
c. Complexity
d. All of the above

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