In the strategic planning process, the next steps after a firm defines its goals are to assess its internal resources and analyze internal arrangements.
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Question 2Generally speaking, planned organizational change can take place to improve already good processes, when an alternative to change to is not readily apparent, or without a plan, if the change effort has top management support.
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Question 3In a dynamic environment, a company with highly skilled professional employees who can perform a variety of tasks, the company would be best served by a mechanistic organizational structure.
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Question 4Identify the major forms of innovation and associate them with the following key factors: impact on existing business, degree of uncertainty, and source.
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Question 5Identify the tools for transmitting organizational culture.
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Question 6There are a number of assumptions underlying strategic planning including the assumption that strategies are formulated to bring about change when current objectives can not be met by what the company is currently doing.
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Question 7The neoclassical approach to organizational design overcomes the fault of classical design by stressing there is no one best design for an organization.
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Question 8How is an organizational culture created?
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