Woodward's Classification of Technology (Into Three Clusters of Organizational Technologies)

question 23

Multiple Choice

Woodward's classification of technology (into three clusters of organizational technologies) was based on a scale. What did that scale measure?

• A) the number of employees in the span of control
• B) the interdependence of tasks
• C) the technological complexity of the organization's technical core
• D) the variety and analyzability of tasks within each department

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Definitions:

Metapopulations

A group of spatially separated populations of the same species which interact at some level, often considered in conservation biology and disease dynamics.

Lineages

Sequences of species that have evolved from a common ancestor, depicted in family trees showing evolutionary relationships.

Extrinsic Postzygotic Isolation

A reproductive barrier where offspring of two different species are viable and fertile, but external factors prevent them from thriving.

Mimetic

Relating to or involving mimicry, often used to describe organisms that imitate other species or their environment for survival benefits.