T/F Greater information uncertainty is resolved through greater structural flexibility.

T/F Advertising is of great importance only in companies that face less competition and have low sales.

T/F Cooptation occurs when leaders from important sectors in the environment are made part of an organization.

T/F A merger involves the purchase of one organization by another so that the buyer assumes control.

T/F Resource dependence means that organizations depend on the environment but strive to acquire control over resources to minimize their dependence.

T/F Planning can substitute actions such as effective boundary spanning and adequate internal integration and coordination.

T/F In organizations characterized by very simple, stable environments, almost no managers are assigned to integration roles

T/F Soft drink bottlers function in the complex, unstable organizational environment.

T/F Uncertainty means that decision makers do not have sufficient information about environmental factors.

T/F The raw materials sector is included within the task environment.

T/F Organizational environment is defined as everything within an organization that affects its functioning.