ÖRGÜT KURAMI VE TASARIMI - Deneme Sınavı - 3

A reactor strategy is not really a strategy as firms inconsistently respond to the environment.

• No clear strategy with design characteristics for current needs

ANALYZER STRATEGY • Maintain stability and flexibility • Efficient production processes for existing products with tight cost control • Innovationandcreativityfornew productswithloosercontrols • Moderate level of centralization

Information Systems

A strategic alliance is any cooperative efforts of two or more organizations to achieve strategic objectives of developing, producing or selling products or services.

Vertical integration is used to pursue growth along an industry’s supply chain from extracting raw materials, production and distribution of products or services.

A firm engages in unrelated diversification when it enters into a new business that has no relationship with its core business.

The balanced scorecard approach (BSC) is an integrated measure of organization effectiveness that includes not only traditional financial measurements and business processes but also includes concerns for customers and employees. Unlike the approaches we have previously discussed, BSC seeks to generate a comprehensive performance measurement framework to balance concerns of various parts of an organization instead of focusing only on one part.

E is not true for organizations, because some organizations offer products and services at international level, while some of them serve only for the region we reside in. That is why the correct answer is E.

The given explanation belongs to the organizational theory which dates back to 100 years, during which basic fields of interest and approaches have been changed. The correct answer is B.

The given explanation belongs to ‘operations’ which is one of the practical applications of organization theory. The correct answer is C.

The metaphor ‘Organizations as Machines’ emphasizes the given information. Organizations mostly defined by classical organizational approaches are defined by this metaphor. The correct answer is D.

The metaphor ‘Organizations as Flux and Transformation’ indicates that organizations are complex, non-linear, self-organizing systems characterized by contradiction. Chaos and complexity theory explains this perspective. The correct answer is B.

Political parties, clubs, and professional organizations are examples of mutual benefit organizations, not service organizations. That is why the correct answer is A.

F. Taylor is the founder of scientific management theory. The correct answer is C.

Contingency Theory is an important approach in modern organization and it brings a new dimension to the relations of organizations with their environment. This approach completes the given explanation. The right answer is B.

Among the options, B and C might belong to organization’s Inputs, while finished goods and value for stakeholders might belong to Organization’s Outputs. The correct answer is A since human skills and abilities is regarded as a factor in Organization’s Conversion Process.

A,B,C and E are all structural dimensions of organizational design. However, profitability is not one of them. The correct answer is D.

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.

Choices (a) and (b) are business organizations, (c) is a service organization, and (d) is a mutual benefit organization. However, commonwealth organizations are basically for social services. They are formed to offer standard services for the majority of the population. The motivator of these organizations is not profit. Police offices, army forces, courts, fire services, and other public institutions are examples of these organizations. The beneficiaries of commonwealth organizations are ordinary people in general. Therefore, choice (d) is the correct answer.

The contingency theory brings a new dimension to the relations of organizations with their environment. It regards the organization as a system and argues that only one ever-successful management and organization style is not possible. The success of organizational structures will change depending on the conditions. This theory especially focuses on conditions, organization’s environment, technology, size, and variables. Therefore, choice (b) is the correct answer.