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Chapter $1$

Jeffrey Bezos saw the opportunity to sell books over the Internet, which was growing. So he started a Web site where people could buy new books and sell there existing books. This was the first Web site dedicated to buying or selling books. This is an example of

A$)$ social loafing

B$)$ parallel marketing

C$)$ surface bargaining

D$)$ entrepreneurship

Which of the following is a part of an organization's environment?

A$)$ maefinery

B$)$ suppliers

C$)$ money and eapital

D$)$ raw materals

Which of the following is an output created by an organization?

A$)$ capital

B$)$ competitors

C$)$ machinery

D$)$ salaries

The process by which organizations horfirom their present state to some desired future state is called

A$)$ organizational triangulation

B$)$ environmental scanning

C$)$ organizational change

D$)$ transaction analysis

The quality of organizational decision$-$making is a function of the

A$)$ organizational core competences

B$)$ environment of the organization

C$)$ diversity of the viewpoints that get considered

D$)$ value chain followed by the organization

Which of the following goals set by an organization to measure effectiveness indieategs that it is using the internal systems approach to measure organizational effectiveness?

A$)$ lower costs of inputs

B$)$ increase stock price

C$)$ improve customer service

D$)$ increase rate of product innovation

If an organization is using the technical approach to measure organizational effectiveness then it will attempt to to increase the effectiveness of the organization.

A$)$ increase product quality

B$)$ lower costs of inputs

C$)$ increase coordination and motivation of employees

D$)$ increase stock price

Which of the following goals is most likely to be set by an organization to measure effectiveness if it is using the technical approach to measure organizational effectiveness?

A$)$ reduce production cost

B$)$ increase market share

C$)$ increase rate of product innovation

D$)$ lower costs of input