Two computer manufacturing companies, operating in the same industry, pool their resources to develop a new computer technology. This is an example of ________.
A) licensing
B) an interorganizational linkage
C) franchising
D) a symbiotic interdependency
Question 2A collateral organizational structure is an informal organization of managers set up parallel to the formal organizational structure to shadow the decision-making and actions of managers in the formal organization.
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Question 3________ is the process by which members learn and internalize the values and norms of an organization's culture.
A) Formalization
B) Centralization
C) Internalization
D) Socialization
Question 4Based on the strategy-culture matrix model of change, when the strategic change is important to the company but the changes are incompatible with an entrenched corporate culture, management must push the change forward forcefully for the good of the
company.
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Question 5________ interdependencies exist among organizations that need the same scarce inputs and market their products to the same group of potential customers.
A) Competitive
B) Distributive
C) Symbiotic
D) Convolutional
Question 6Top-management teams function most effectively when their membership is stable and there is not too much entry into or departure from the team.
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Question 7________ interdependencies exist between an organization and its suppliers.
A) Competitive
B) Symbiotic
C) Distributive
D) Convolutional
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