7. What type of organizational strategy is used by management to both minimize risk and maximize opportunity for profit, moving into new products or new markets only after innovators have proven their viability? (Points : 1)
       Innovation
       Cost-cutting
       Imitation
       Organic

Question 8.8. Which of the following cultural values would explain the choice of an organic organizational structure? (Points : 1)
       High uncertainty avoidance
       Low uncertainty avoidance
       High power-distance
       High masculinity




Question 9.9. A chain of discount stores employs thousands of people and pays most of them at the minimum wage rate. Following a federally mandated increase of the minimum wage rate, this chain store’s operating costs increased considerably. Yet, the chain's profits increased markedly. Which of the following would explain this situation? (Points : 1)
       The company’s plans to expand its market by opening stores in adjoining states.
       Recently, two new competitors entered the market.
       The company’s operating costs, other than wages, increased substantially after the increase in the minimum wage rate went into effect.
       The company’s customer base is made up primarily of people who earn a minimum wage or who depend on the earnings of others who earn a minimum wage.




Question 10.10. Who helped develop virtue ethics? (Points : 1)
       Aristotle and Confucius 

       Pythagoras and Athena 

       Shaw and Burns 

       Emmanuel Kant and Isaac Newton





Question 11.11. How are large organizational cultures that reflect department members’ common problems referred to? (Points : 1)
       Micro-cultures
       Subcultures
       Divisional cultures
       Microcosms




Question 12.12. Which organizational structure is best suited to an innovation strategy and a culture based on team orientation? (Points : 1)
       Boundaryless
       Bureaucratic
       Organic
       Virtual




Question 13.13. The boss wants to enact non-consequentialist ethical approaches for the workplace code of ethics. What is wrong with this approach? (Points : 1)
       These approaches require an ethical code from which all can see the consequences of their actions.
       These approaches ask proponents to predict the future versus basing their behavior on virtues.
       These approaches may be inflexible and difficult to enact across cultures.
       These approaches do not allow for interpretation.




Question 14.14. If a company is located in South America, what cultural factor would explain the company’s choice of a mechanistic structure? (Points : 1)
       High individualism
       Low masculinity
       Short term orientation
       High power distance 


Question 15.15. A manager is considering administering written integrity tests to management candidates that pass the initial screening. These tests will most likely help her to predict which aspect of a candidate? (Points : 1)
       Propensity to react calmly under stressful conditions
       Degree of positive self-concept
       Spatial and mechanical abilities
       Likelihood of posing discipline problems

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