MN202: Stages of Organisational Life Cycle
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What captures the key tasks of an organisation?

  • Specialisation
  • Formalisation
  • Operational goal (correct)
  • Organisational configuration

    • What is the primary characteristic of a hierarchical decision-making structure?

  • Matrix grouping
  • Open communication channels
  • Limited horizontal coordination (correct)
  • Emphasis on experimentation and risk-taking

    • What is the primary advantage of matrix grouping?

  • It is suitable for a single critical output
  • It requires the least resources
  • It is a characteristic of a learning organisation
  • It works best when 2 or more critical outputs are required (correct)

    • What is the main difference between open and closed systems of organisation design?

    <p>How we approach design and how we think it should be approached</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is a characteristic of a learning organisation?

    <p>Emphasis on experimentation and risk-taking</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the primary focus of the entrepreneurial stage in an organisation's life cycle?

    <p>Creating a product or service and surviving in the marketplace</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the term for the intentional reduction of a company's workforce?

    <p>Downsizing</p> Signup and view all the answers

    According to Weber's concept of bureaucracy, what is a necessary characteristic of a company?

    <p>A defined hierarchical structure and authority</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the term for an organisation's chosen environmental field of action?

    <p>Domain</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the primary focus of the collectivity stage in an organisation's life cycle?

    <p>Developing clear goals and direction, and establishing a hierarchy of authority</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the term for the enduring resource transactions, flows, and links between two or more organisations?

    <p>Inter-organisational relationships</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the term for the process of allocating an appropriate portion of overhead costs to cost units?

    <p>Overhead absorption</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the term for the perspective that focuses on organisational diversity and adaptation within a population of organisations?

    <p>Population ecology</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the term for the shared values, beliefs, and norms within an organisation?

    <p>Organisational culture</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the term for the structure and arrangement of different elements within an organisation?

    <p>Organisational configuration</p> Signup and view all the answers

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