3. How have managers viewpoints and focuses changed in this new world?

5. What kind of education and training do you think would help prepare you for the reality of being a manager who has to manage a set of interorganizational relationships beyond managing internal affairs of your own company?

6. Define supply chain management. What role does the supply chain play in organizations?

7. We have seen, in this country, a history of powerful organizations exploiting the dependence of small companies. Would you anticipate an end to this phenomenon? Why or why not?

10. Why is the mindset in U.S. companies changing away from a traditional adversarial relationship with other companies?

15. Describe the different strategies when organizations are struggling for existence.

17. Are the use of management "fads" any different, in your opinion, from the pursuit of legitimacy through mimetic processes? Discuss your view.

19. Compare and contrast three types of institutional similarity.

20. Explain the various processes by which institutional similarity occurs. Give an example of each.

21. Compare and contrast coercive forces and normative forces.