Test Flashcards
The degree to which a job allows a worker to schedule the tasks of the job and decide how to carry out these tasks is known as…
Autonomy
The primary target market for a best cost-provider
Value-conscious buyer
Managements most powerful too, for winning employee commitment to good strategy and operating excellence is
A structure of rewards and incentives tied tightly to the achievement of the organization strategic priorities
Executing process
Embraces the tasks of developing a strategic vision, setting objectives… Longest answer
Job requires the worker to use a wide range of knowledge is known as
Skill variety
Different locations around the country, each divisions cater to the need of the specific region
Geographic structure
Management actions to improve employee engagement include…
All of the above (worthwhile mission, proactive hr practices, well designed organization, performance mgmt. system)
A ____ refers to an organizational structure that simultaneously groups people and resources by function and by product
Matrix structure
Answer
Workers productivity being affected more by… The work setting
Inner work life examines which 3 internal aspects of the individual
Emotions, perceptions, motivations
Company achieves competitive advantage when
It provides buyers with superior value compared to rival at a lower cost
Scientific management…
It resulted in job dissatisfaction many workers
Winning strategy must pass the
Fit test, competitive advantage test, and the performance test
Company’s value chain isn
The steps it goes through to convert its net income into value for shareholders
The principle of states that top managers should always construct a hierarchy with the fewest levels of authority necessary to officially in effectively use organizational research
A minimum chain of command
The management theory that focuses on the use of rigorous quantitative techniques to assist managers to make the best use of organizational resources is called
Management science theory
___ refers to the shared set of beliefs values and norms that influence how people and groups work together to achieve organizational goals
Organizational culture
Well stated objectives are
Quantitative or measurable and contain deadlines for achievement
Identifying and assessing accompanies resource strengths and weaknesses and it’s external opportunities and threats is called
A SWOT analysis
The customer value proposition lays out the company’s approach to
Satisfying buyer wants and needs and a price customers will consider a good value
The manager real purpose of setting objectives includes
All of the above
A company strategy involves overtime as a consequence of
All of the above
According to Amber bill and creamer engage people are more
All of the above
Refers to a system of task and authority relationships that controls how employees use resources to achieve a company’s goal
Organizational structure
The 4 tests resources competitive power often referred to as
The VRIN test
A strategic group
Is a cluster of industry members with similar competitive approaches and market position in the market
The resolute standard for judging whether individuals teams and organizational units have done a good job must be measured by
Whether they meet or beat performance targets that reflect a good strategy execution
In trying to gain employees wholehearted commitment to good strategy execution and operating excellence managers are well advised to use such incentives as
All the above
A low-cost leaders basis for competitive advantage is
Meaningfully lower overall cost than rivals on comparable products
The process by which managers decide how to divide task into specific jobs is known as
Job design
To create a strategy supportive system of rewards and incentives a company must
Reward people for accomplishing results not just for dutifully performing assign tasks
