BUSI 610: Quiz 3
Question 1
is the highest level of interdependence and exists when the output of operation A is the input to operation B, and
... [Show More] the output of operation B is the input back again to operation A.
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Question 2
Large-batch production is considered to have greater technical complexity than small-batch production on Woodward’s scale.
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Question 3
Engineering technologies tend to be low in analyzability and high in variety.
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Questions 4
Assume you are the supervisor of workers who have very limited education and experience, and that their work is routine. Generaly you would:
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Questions 5
Products of difference sizes, types, and customer requirements freely intermingling on the assembly line is an advantage of lean manufacturing.
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Question 6
Characteristics of service technology include all of the following except:
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Question 7:
Traditional assembly lines, such as for automobiles, are an example of large-batch production.
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Questions 8:
The goal of the sociotechnical systems approach is to design the organization for:
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Question 9:
A(n) systerm is a computer-based system that provides information and support for managerial decision making. It is supported by the organization’s transaction processing systems and by organizational and external databases.
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Question 10:
Approaches of explicity knowledge management include the use of dialogue and communities of practice.
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Question 11:
The evolution of organizational applications of information technology move from first-line to the top as follows:
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Question 12:
is a highly ambitious quality standard that specifies a goal of no more than 3.4 defects per million parts.
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Question 13:
A strategy map provides a visual representation of the key drivers of an organization’s success and shows how specific outcomes in each area are linked.
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Question 14:
Which of the following is not a perspective of the balanced scorecard?
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Question 15:
With a modual structure, most activities are:
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Question 16:
The information reporting system is the most common form of management information system.
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Question 17:
Clan control is most often used in:
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Question 18:
High formalization is most closely associated with which of the following?
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Question 19:
Ninety-nine percent of businesses that make it past the first year still fail within five years because they can’t make the transition from the entrepreneurial stage.
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Question 20:
Which of the following is not true regarding organization sin the entrepreneurial stage of development?
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Question 21:
In contrast to large businesses, small business is characterized by:
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Questions 22:
Carson is the manager of Cutter’s Consulting, a consulting company composed of professionals from different fields. In such a company, Carson would be wise to:
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Question 23:
As organizations increase in size, the net effect for direct workers is that they decline as a percentage of total employees.
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Question 24:
Which of the following is not a dimension of bureaucracy that Weber envisioned as desirable?
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Question 25:
Requirements of the market control strategy are tradition, shared values and beliefs, and trust.
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Question 26:
How do digital factories and lean manufacturing differ from other manufacturing technologies? Why are these new approaches needed in today’s environment?
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