All the fast-food restaurants in Houston, Texas, compete to obtain environmental resources in the form of dollars that people are willing to spend on to obtain food conveniently. This group of restaurants is an example of a(n) ________.
A) group of boundary spanners
B) cluster of environmental niches
C) aggregation of marketers
D) population of organizations
Question 2Which of the following types of employees are most likely to follow standardized practices in performing their tasks?
A) office accountants
B) R&D executives
C) advertising executives
D) public relations officers
Question 3A ________ business-level strategy is a plan whereby an organization produces high-priced, quality products aimed at particular market segments.
A) differentiation
B) market penetration
C) lateral diversification
D) vertical integration
Question 4The term ________ of organization refers to the organizations that are competing for the same set of resources in the environment.
A) population
B) cluster
C) conglomeration
D) aggregation
Question 5Walmart specialize in selling low-price clothing to customers who want or can afford to pay only a
modest amount for their attire and Neiman Marcus specializes in selling high-priced clothing made by exclusive designers to wealthy customers who want
prestige or status. Based on this information we can conclude that ________.
A) organizational structure of Walmart is taller than that of Neiman Marcus
B) Walmart and Neiman Marcus have chosen different domains in which to compete
C) Walmart has an organic structure and Neiman Marcus has a mechanistic structure
D) as compared to Walmart, Neiman Marcus operates in a more complex environment
Question 6Which of the following theories seeks to explain the factors that affect the rate at which new organizations are born (and die) in a population of existing organizations?
A) contingency theory
B) population ecology theory
C) institutional theory
D) transaction cost theory
Question 7Mutual adjustment provides employees the opportunity to ________.
A) specialize in performing certain organizational tasks
B) standardize the tasks that they are performing
C) formalize the rules and procedures for working in an organization
D) discover new ways of achieving organizational goals
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