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ARE 112 EXAM #2 QUESTIONS & ANSWERS 2023/2024 The Duke Children's Hospital case is a good example of the ______ method of change management - ANSWER-Phase When Lou changed the compensation plan at IBM to include all the employees in the profit sharing plan this would best be described as the use or ______ power - ANSWER-reward In class we discussed decision making. One aspect of our discussion was about categorizing the decisions based on the degree of complexity of the decision. The te...

ARE 112 Exam #1 Questions and Answers (Latest Update 2024)

The ideas of "needs to be actionalable" and "generate alternatives" and "objective measrues" are realted to: a. BATNA b. transformatioal changes c. theory of constraints d. Taylorism e. STS - a. BATNA The business process reengineering approach is best described as: a. operational b. market driven such as new products c. both external and internal to the organization d. strategic - a. operational . In The Goal, when Ralph was generating the data it is best described in terms of...

Characteristics we know are true - facts administrative costs within the firm are an example of - transaction costs at the beginning of class, we discovered the management style of Genghis Khan to include - Keep only the best people Promote by ability not rank (Two of the above are correct) Which of the following is part of the MECE approach? - Fact Based Rigid Structured Hypothesis Driven All of these are part of the MECE approach

The term SKA ( Skills, Knowledge, Abilities) has to do with - Job Design Define SKA - Skills (Train) Knowledge (Teach) Abilities (Inherent) Which of the following best describes Lou's approach to IBM? - Demand Chain Thinking about how Lou "fixed" IBM and topics from class, which of the following was most evident in the book? - BPR (Business Process Reengineering) Which is the decision-making tool that could be used for a structured decision? - DSS (Decision Support System)

The idea of bargaining power others in the business setting was part of the - Five forces model The terms bounded rationality and information symmetry and risk are related to - decision environment Impact of culture and loss of existing benefits and disturb existing social networks are examples from class of - threats to the change process In the HBR article "Sometimes it Takes a Revolution" the author stated that "...women were evaluated on their _______; men were evaluated on thei...

In the Deloitte case from class, the author made the point that they needed to make the ______ for the program to explain and justify the "why" they were doing something. - Business Case trust comes from - reputation strategic lenses from 'industry view' - Porters Five Forces strategic lenses look at firm and not industry - 4p, BCG, SWOT, BSC ethics, 'reach organization' - stakeholders 4types of power - coercive, legitimate, referent (LOU), expert(jonah), reward job design, work t...

ARE 112 Exam 1 | 100% Correct Answers | Verified | Latest 2024 Version The long wall - short wall discussion in class was in reference to the - systems approach As discussed in class, (an) event(s) that is related to the start of the classical school of management was - the industrial revolution and improvements in agriculture that resulting in improved nutrition for workers The mission driven organization from class was: - Genghis Kahn In our Organizational Design Framework from ...

ARE 112 Midterm 1 Questions | 100% Correct Answers | Verified | Latest 2024 Version Alignment issues and solving performance gaps are terms from class related to: a. causes for conflicts b. none of the answers provided are correct c. resolution of conflicts d. incremental changes e. culture from the organizational interaction model - d. incremental changes From class we saw that changes in behavior come from: a. Two of the answers are correct b. Three of the answers are correct c. V...

ARE 112 Final Exam | 100% Correct Answers | Verified | Latest 2024 Version Internal and external analysis is found in: a. BCG Growth-Share Matrix b. MECE c. Balance Scorecard d. ERP and CRM analysis e. SWOT - e. SWOT One the ways (term(s) or word(s) Mintzberg described the world of a manager was (were): a. linear b. two of the answers are correct c. all three answers are correct d. typology e. myths - b. two of the answers are correct -- typology and myths One of the ba...

ARE 112 Exam 2 | 100% Correct Answers | Verified | Latest 2024 Version The term "SKA"has to do with: a. the Deloitte case b. Information technology c. job design d. ERP e. value chain - c. job design Which of the following best describes Lou's approach to IBM: a. All were seen to describe his "best" approached to differing problems b. Supply chain c. his use of the matrix management approach d. Demand chain e. Two of the answers provided are correct - d. Demand chain T...

Alignment issues and solving performance gaps are terms from class related to: a. causes for conflicts b. none of the answers provided are correct c. resolution of conflicts d. incremental changes e. culture from the organizational interaction model - d. incremental changes From class we saw that changes in behavior come from: a. Two of the answers are correct b. Three of the answers are correct c. Values d. Facts e. Norms - d. facts The McKinsey tool we discussed in class was: a. T...