HCM 381 Exam Two Review

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HCM 381 Exam Two Review

• What in the world is an organizational ecosystem?
• T/F An organizational ecosystem will cut across
  industry lines.
• T/F In an organizational ecosystem conflict
  cannot exist.
• What is traditional resource dependence, and how
  does the org. compensate to deal with this?

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• An organization may adopt a collaborative network
  strategy. What does this mean?
• T/F A new organizational form that appears is
  referred to as a variation.
• T/F Selection and retention will follow
  variation, in the evolution of the new org. form.
• What is selection and what is retention?

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• What is legitimacy, as it relates to the
  organization?
• What is a mimetic force?
• What is/are coercive forces, and give an example
  of one.
• What is/are a normative force?

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• What is technology?
• There are three categories of technical
  complexity give an example of Group 1.
• Please give an example of Group 2.
• Group 3?
• How does increased technological complexity
  affect the management to labor ratio?

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• What are some of the characteristics of service
  technology?
• When Perrow describes work variety, what is he
  referring to?
• How about his concept of analyzability?
• Perrow categorized four levels of technology, to
  include routine technology, craft technology,
  engineering techology, and non-routine
  technology. Describe one.

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• What is pooled interdependence and relate it to
  technology and structural design.
• Sequential interdependence?
• Reciprocal interdependence?
• T/F Technology affects job design.
• What is MIS?
• EIS?
• DSS?

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• Is an Extranet the same thing as an Intranet,
  and, if not, why not?
• How can information technology help you in your
  competitive strategy?
• What is the difference between explicit and tacit
  knowledge?
• What might be an advantage of being a big firm?

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• What might be an advantage of being a small firm?
• In the organizations life cycle, what is the
  collectivity stage?
• What is the formalization stage?
• The elaboration stage?
• T/F 84 of businesses that make it past the
  first year will succeed.

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• Which kind of control relies on the use of rules,
  policies, hierarchy of authority, etc.?
• Which kind of control relies on corporate
  culture, shared values, commitment, traditions,
  etc.?
• What is culture?
• Describe a clan culture.
• T/F Market control occurs when price competition
  is used to evaluate the output and productivity
  of an organization.

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• T/F Innovate or perish.
• Are you ready for Exam Two?