Organızatıonal Theory & Design Ara 10. Deneme Sınavı
Toplam 4 Soru1.Soru
“Every entity in the organization, except one, is subordinate to a single other entity.” Which metaphor is used to explain this fact about organizations?
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Organizations as Machines |
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Organizations as Organisms |
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Organizations as Brains |
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Organizations as Cultures |
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Organizations as Political Systems |
Organizations as Machines: This metaphor emphasizes the technical, hierarchical, rational, prolific, mechanical, and productive aspects of organizations. What is described in the question is the hierarchical aspect of the organization. Therefore, choice (a) is the correct answer.
2.Soru
Which of the following is not a good strategy for organizations to use in order to manage dependency relations with the actors in the external environment?
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Acquisition of suppliers. |
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Developing long term contracts with the critical suppliers. |
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Founding joint ventures with the critical firms in terms of resource flow. |
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Interlocking directorates – to assign some members of board of directors to the supplier firms’ boards. |
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Not participating in any trade associations. |
The main problem for the managers is to find ways to control dependency relations in the external environment. There are various strategies to manage dependency relations with the actors in the external environment: a. Acquisition of suppliers. b. Developing long term contracts with the critical suppliers. c. Interlocking directorates – to assign some members of board of directors to the supplier firms’ boards. d. Founding joint ventures with the critical firms in terms of resource flow. e. Joining trade associations. f. Lobbying.
3.Soru
What kind of environment does music industry have?
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Low Uncertainty |
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High-Moderate Uncertainty |
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Low-Moderate Uncertainty |
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High Uncertainty |
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No Uncertainty |
Music industry has a high-moderate uncertain environment. They are participative decentralized, have few departments, few integrating roles, planning orientation and fast response.
4.Soru
Which of the following statements is false for the types of organizations?
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Political parties, clubs, and professional organizations are examples of service organizations. |
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The goal of the business organizations is to survive and make the profit for growth. |
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Police offices, army forces and other public institutions are examples of commonwealth organizations. |
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The beneficiaries of commonwealth organizations are ordinary people in general. |
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Service organizations are generally funded by small fees, donations, grants and contributions. |
Political parties, clubs, and professional organizations are examples of mutual benefit organizations, not service organizations. That is why the correct answer is A.