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Question 01

The interorganizational network consists of:

a) who one knows in the organization.

b) other organizations and actors with which the focal organization interacts on a regular basis.

c) international and global conditions in the organization's environment.

d) all of the organization's competitors.

Question 02

Perceptions of environmental uncertainty are a function of which two dimensions of the environment of organizations?

a) Resources and intuitions

b) Mechanistic and organic

c) Differentiation and integration

d) Complexity and change

Question 03

Concerns about family values in the US resulted in passage of a family leave bill that affects all organizations with more than 50 employees. Family values would be best located within the ___________ sector of the general environment.

a) governmental

b) employee unions

c) political - legal

d) social - cultural

Question 04

At one time McDonald's invested in cattle farming. This was an example of the resource dependence strategy of:

a) joint venturing.

b) vertical integration.

c) criticality.

d) co-optation.

Question 05

According to environmental contingency theory, conditions with a high rate of change and a low degree of complexity mean:

a) there is a constant need for new information.

b) information overload occurs.

c) it is not know what information is needed.

d) none of the above.

Question 06

Hurricane Katrina would be an example of ___________ sector of the general environment.

a) governmental

b) physical

c) political

d) economic

Question 07

According to population ecology theory, when competencies and resources fit environmental demands then the organization is:

a) selected and retained.

b) legitimized.

c) rationalized.

d) none of the above.

Question 08

Resource dependence theory focuses attention on:

a) survival of the fittest among the organizations comprising the environment.

b) power relationships existing between the organizations in an environment.

c) the rate of change in an organization's environment.

d) ways in which organizations take on the same form as their environment.

Question 09

Which theory of organization-environment relationships is credited with bringing social legitimacy concerns to organization theory?

a) Organic theory

b) Resource dependence theory

c) Institutional theory

d) Population ecology theory

Question 10

Which of the following is NOT considered to be a mechanism of institutionalization?

a) Mimesis

b) Competition

c) Normative pressure

d) Coercion

Question 11

The enacted environment presupposes that:

a) environmental conditions cannot be separated from perceptions of those conditions.

b) a multiple interpretation of goals is necessary.

c) organizations adapt to their environment.

d) all of the above.

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