Management 490 Chapter 8 Part 2
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- 1.Some of the most common types of these controls are associated with production and service processes and with quality standards
- A.
Feed-Forward Control
- B.
Concurrent Control
- C.
Statistical Process Control
- 2.Setting performance standards for specific work activities
- A.
Statistical Process Control
- B.
Feed-Forward Control
- C.
Concurrent Control
- 3.Helps managers anticipate changes in the external and internal environments based on analysis of inputs from stakeholders and the broad environment
- A.
Statistical Process Control
- B.
Concurrent Control
- C.
Feed-Forward Control
- 4.Major and unexpected changes in the social, economic, technological, and political environments necessitating change within the organization
- A.
Bureaucratic Controls
- B.
Environmental Discontinuities
- C.
Premise Control
- 5.Periodically assessing the assumptions, or premises, underlying strategic choices
- A.
Statistical Process Control
- B.
Premise Control
- C.
Feed-Forward Control
- 6.Rules, procedures, and policies that guide the behavior of organizational members. This a behavioral control
- A.
Bureaucratic Controls
- B.
Policy
- C.
Clan Controls
- 7.A general guide to action which provides a framework for decisions that are made routinely
- A.
Bureaucratic Controls
- B.
Concurrent Control
- C.
Policy
- 8.Makes organizational members more inclined to see things the same way, by espousing common beliefs and assumptions, that in turn, shape their perceptions
- A.
Socialization
- B.
Clan Controls
- C.
Bureaucratic Controls
- 9.Socialization processes through which an individual comes to appreciate the values, abilities, and expected behaviors of an organization
- A.
Clan Controls
- B.
Socialization
- C.
Bureaucratic Controls
- 10.The degree to which members of society accept and expect uneven power distribution in society and are accepting of authority
- A.
Clan Controls
- B.
Socialization
- C.
Power Distance
- 11.The degree to which the focus of society is on individuals or the group
- A.
Uncertainty Avoidance
- B.
Individualism/Collectivism
- C.
Confucian Dynamics
- 12.The degree to which society draws strong distinction between gender roles
- A.
Masculine/Feminine
- B.
Individualism/Collectivism
- C.
Uncertainty Avoidance
- 13.The degree to which members of society are tolerant of uncertainty and ambiguity
- A.
Uncertainty Avoidance
- B.
Masculine/Feminine
- C.
Individualism/Collectivism
- 14.The degree to which decisions are focused on the long term versus the short term
- A.
Masculine/Feminine
- B.
Confucian Dynamics
- C.
Uncertainty Avoidance
- 15.Focus on outcomes of decisions
- A.
Power Distance (Low)
- B.
Uncertainty Avoidance
- C.
Power Distance (High)
- 16.Focus on adherence to the plan
- A.
Long-Term Orientation
- B.
Power Distance (Low)
- C.
Power Distance (High)
- 17.Individual rewards
- A.
Individualism
- B.
Collectivism
- C.
Short-Term Orientation
- 18.Team-based rewards
- A.
Individualism
- B.
Power Distance (High)
- C.
Collectivism
- 19.Achievement, heroism, and material success are valued
- A.
Feminine
- B.
Uncertainty Tolerance
- C.
Masculine
- 20.Relationship and quality of life are valued
- A.
Feminine
- B.
Masculine
- C.
Power Distance (Low)
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