(1)Fill in the blank: According to Charles Perrow, task ________ is the number of new or unexpected situations that a person encounters while performing a task.

(2) Because controlling the production of many different foods within the same manufacturing unit proved to be difficult and resulted in increasing costs, a packaged food manufacturer created separate product divisions that make frozen vegetables, frozen entrees, canned soups, and baked goods. This design decision will _ increase vertical differentiation_______ within the organization.

(3)As compared to an organic structure, a mechanistic structure is more likely to give rise to a culture in which innovation and flexibility are desired end states. True or fasle

(4)A global strategy is oriented toward local responsiveness and a company pursuing this strategy decentralizes control to subsidiaries and divisions in each country in which it operates to produce and customize products to local markets. True or fasle

(5)Which of the following core competences is most likely to be used by a company to create value while pursuing unrelated diversification in the form of a conglomerate?

(6)Organizational theory is primarily concerned with how an organization can outperform its competitors. True or fasle

(7)Value creation by an organization takes place at three stages: input, conversion, and output. Out of these three stages, only the conversion stage is affected by the environment in which the organization operates.True or fasle

(8)Integrating mechanisms such as task forces and teams help increase the level of standardization within an organization. True or false