8.2 Management’s Role

Question 1

What is the incline phase?

Answer 1

When all its resources (e.g., human, financial, and operational) are directed toward the strategic goals of the organization

Question 2

What happends when the organization becomes more stable?

Answer 2

it also becomes more comfortable and secure in what it is doing. Resources are allocated more toward its programs, products, and services, making sure they are marketed well

Question 3

What do mature, more established organizations tend to focus on?

Answer 3

structure instead of design and innovation

Question 4

Which of the following shows where the organization’s identity is found when it’s in the recline phase?

In death
In its structure
In its vision
In its programs

Answer 4

In its programs

Question 5

When an organization is in the incline phase, what are its resources spent on?

Strategic goals of the organization
Preservation of the status quo
Implementation of programs
Implementation of strategies

Answer 5

Strategic goals of the organization

Question 6

When an organization is in its decline phase, what can the organization do to help get back into the incline phase?

Focus on programs
Focus on structure and ignore strategic visioning
Focus on administration and committees
Create a new vision

Answer 6

Create a new vision

Question 7

Which of the following shows where the organization’s identity is found when it is in the decline phase?

In its programs
In its structure
In death
In its vision

Answer 7

In its structure

Question 8

Which of the following is not a characteristic of the incline phase of the business life cycle?

Resources are allocated more toward programs, products, and services
The business can be described as innovative
Values-based decisions are being made
The business can be described as vision-driven

Answer 8

Resources are allocated more toward programs, products, and services