A) bureaucratic controls
B) cultural controls
C) personal controls
D) output controls
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A) horizontal differentiation
B) organizational culture
C) vertical differentiation
D) organizational structure
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A) worldwide area structure
B) global matrix structure
C) worldwide product structure
D) global network structure
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A) is weak in local responsiveness.
B) inhibits the realization of location economies.
C) inhibits the realization of experience curve economies.
D) limits the transfer of core competencies between areas.
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A) gives top management time to focus on critical issues by delegating more routine issues to lower-level managers.
B) can give top-level managers the means to bring about needed major organizational changes by concentrating power and authority in one individual or a management team.
C) permits greater flexibility because decisions do not have to be "referred up the hierarchy" unless they are exceptional in nature.
D) can be used to establish relatively autonomous, self-contained subunits within an organization.
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A) worldwide product division structure
B) classic global matrix structure
C) worldwide area structure
D) knowledge network structure
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A) The establishment of integrating mechanisms to coordinate the activities of subunits.
B) The horizontal decision-making that occurs daily, for example, on the plant floor to improve operations.
C) The manner in which decisions are made and work is performed by individuals.
D) The informal division of the organization into cultural groups.
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A) Personal control
B) Output control
C) Bureaucratic control
D) Cultural control
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A) organizational culture
B) incentives
C) control systems
D) processes
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A) Firms that use this structure tend to have a high degree of diversification.
B) Decision-making is centralized and subsidiaries cannot customize to local marketing needs.
C) The fragmentation of the organization that makes it difficult to realize location and experience curve economies.
D) It does not facilitate local responsiveness.
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A) centralization hinders coordination, while decentralization facilitates coordination.
B) centralization prevents top-level managers from making required organizational changes, while decentralization gives top-level managers greater power to make organizational changes.
C) centralization ensures that decisions are consistent with organizational objectives, while decentralization can result in decisions at variance with organizational goals.
D) centralization promotes flexibility, while decentralization reduces flexibility.
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A) big bang change
B) cultural change
C) shock therapy change
D) incremental change
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A) hierarchy and overall strategy.
B) target returns and sales potential.
C) marketing strategy and sales potential.
D) product division and geographic area.
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A) firms trying to pursue localization strategies.
B) international firms.
C) firms trying to profit from location and experience curve economies.
D) domestic corporations.
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A) centralizing all decisions regarding marketing, R&D, and human resource management.
B) decentralizing operating decisions to foreign subsidiaries.
C) centralizing all operating decisions.
D) global learning.
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