As a Manager Working Directly Under the Company President, Chloe

question 29

Multiple Choice

As a manager working directly under the company president, Chloe has been given the assignment of transitioning the firm from a slow-moving bureaucracy to an agile, responsive organization. Chloe knows that the structure an organization adopts to accomplish agility will depend on its strategy, its customers, and its technology. Chloe wants to be sure that the firm focuses on competitiveness and manages its core capabilities to obtain competitive advantage. Therefore she should recommend that the company

• A)coordinate by standardization and centralize the decision-making process.
• B)formalize all processes with the written approval of the board of directors.
• C)change to a matrix structure in which functional and divisional forms overlap.
• D)accumulate the right resources and eliminate resources that do not provide value.
• E)switch to a mass customization model with large-batch technology.

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Definitions:

Ethology

The scientific study of animal behavior, particularly in natural environments, focusing on the evolutionary implications of behaviors.

Intention Movements

Preparatory movements that precede the execution of a goal-directed action, often signaling the intention to perform the action.

Instinctive Behavior System

A set of inborn behavioral patterns that are triggered by specific environmental stimuli.

Fixed Action Patterns

Innate, pre-programmed responses triggered by specific stimuli, exhibited by animals.