MGT 550 Week 7 Chapter 8/9 Quiz
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Updated on: 03/03/2021 12:22 PM Due on: 03/10/2021

- The systematic study of bureaucracy was launched by _____.
- Which of the following is true of large firms?
- Which of the following is not a perspective of the balanced scorecard?
- Which of the following statements is true of the entrepreneurial stage of an organizational life cycle?
- A primary use of intranets is for knowledge management.
- Organizational atrophy occurs when:
- With a network structure, most activities are outsourced so that different companies perform the various functions needed by the organization.
- In contrast to hierarchical control, decentralized control relies on:
- Software for business intelligence, also called _____, helps users make sense of all of a company’s data.
- _____ are the lifeblood of the U.S. economy.
- An autonomy crisis occurs in the formalization stage of an organizational life cycle.
- Increased training substitutes for bureaucratic rules and procedures that can constrain the creativity of employees.
- In decentralized control, managers rely on shared goals and values to control employee behavior.
- _____ is based on values and assumptions that are almost opposite to those of hierarchical control.
- The formalization stage of an organizational life cycle involves:
- The faulty action stage of an organizational life cycle precedes the crisis stage.
- A(n) _____ implies incorporating structures and processes that are appropriate for both small-company creativeness and large-company systems for exploiting innovations.
- Custom service indicators focus on production and operating statistics, such as order fulfillment or cost per order.
- Overcommunication, during turbulent times, does more harm than good.
- In recent years, the balanced scorecard has evolved into a system that helps managers see how:

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