Companies Can Reduce Boundaries and Increase Collaboration with Other Organizations

question 111

Multiple Choice

Companies can reduce boundaries and increase collaboration with other organizations by creating:

• A) flexible structures.
• B) interorganizational partnerships.
• C) new company cultures.
• D) new supplier connections.
• E) none of these.

Assess the implications of different organizational designs on flexibility, responsiveness, and innovation.

Understand the role of informal learning and its contributions to organizational dynamics.

Analyze the relationship between an organization's structure and its strategy for performance success.

Identify and differentiate between mechanistic and organic organizational designs and their applicability.

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Definitions:

Manufacturer's Representative

An individual or business that sells a manufacturer's products to wholesale and retail customers, but does not take ownership of the goods.

Marketing Channel

Pathways and intermediaries involved in the process of moving a product or service from the producer to the consumer.

Indirect

In a manner or by means not directly explicit; involving an intermediary or secondary channel.

Direct

The process or manner of communication or transaction that happens without any intermediaries.