Title: ANSWER: REFERENCE: The Organization's External Environment LEARNING OUTCOME: $1$

Overall, while economic data indicates that globalization has had a positive effect on the world economy, a dark side also shows that two$-$thirds of all households in $25$ advanced$-$economy countries had incomes stagnate and$/$or decline between $2005$ and $2014.$

a$.$ True

b$.$ False

Title: ANSWER: REFERENCE: The Organization's External Environment LEARNING OUTCOME: $1$

$2.$ Women have made gains in the workplace, today they comprise the largest share of top leadership jobs$-$across politics and government, academia, the nonprofit sector, and business.

a$.$ True

b$.$ False

Title: ANSWER: REFERENCE: The Organization's External Environment LEARNING OUTCOME: $1$

$3.$ Natural disaster and human induced environmental problems are events such as high$-$impact hurricanes, and extreme temperatures as well as 'man$-$made' environmental disasters such as water and food crises; large$-$scale involuntary migration are a force that affects organizations.

a$.$ True

b$.$ False

Title: ANSWER: REFERENCE: External Environments and Industries LEARNING OUTCOME: $2$

$4.$ According to the Company Industry Fit model, universities and appliance manufacturers would generally prosper in a simple$-$unstable environment.

a$.$ True

b$.$ False

Title: ANSWER: $.$ REFERENCE: External Environments and Industries LEARNING OUTCOME: $2$

$5.$ According to the Company Industry Fit model, soft drink bottlers, chemical, and insurance companies would fit and align more effectively in a stable $($i$.$e$.,$ relative unchanging$),$ simple, and low$-$uncertainty $($i$.$e$.,$ has mostly similar elements$)$ external environment$-$cell $1.$

a$.$ True

$6.$ False

Title: ANSWER: REFERENCE: External Environments and Industries LEARNING OUTCOME: $2$

$6.$ Whereas in cell $4$ of the Company Industry Fit model, an environment characterized by a high degree of uncertainty with complex and unstable elements, industries and firms such as computer, aerospace, airlines, and t$$lecommunications firms would operate more effectively.

a$.$ True

b$.$ False

Title: ANSWER: REFERENCE: Organizational Designs and Structures LEARNING OUTCOME: $3$

$7.$ Early organizational theorists broadly categorized organizational structures and systems as either mechanistic or organic.

a$.$ True

b$.$false