Chapter 9 Strategic Management
Essentials of Strategic Management, 3rd Edition Chapter 9
Implementing Strategy Through Organizational Design
Name: __________________________ Date: _____________
1. T F Strategy is implemented through organizational design. ANS: True PTS: 1 REF: 227 NAT: AACSB Analytic | AACSB Strategy
2. T F Organizational design means selecting the combination of organizational structure and control systems that lets a company pursue its strategy most effectively. ANS: True PTS: 1 REF: 227 NAT: AACSB Analytic | AACSB Strategy
3. T F The primary role of organizational structure is to coordinate employees activities to effectively implement strategy and to motivate employees to achieve superior efficiency. ANS: Tue PTS: 1 REF: 227 NAT: AACSB Analytic | AACSB Strategy
4. T F The role of organizational structure is to provide managers with specific feedback on how well an organization and its members are performing and building competitive advantage. ANS: False PTS: 1 REF: 228 NAT: AACSB Analytic | AACSB Strategy
5. T F Organizational structure and control shape the way people behave and determine how they will act in the organizational setting. ANS: True PTS: 1 REF: 227 NAT: AACSB Analytic | AACSB Strategy
6. T F Effective organizational design can simultaneously allow a company to obtain a competitive advantage and create value. ANS: True PTS: 1 REF: 227 NAT: AACSB Analytic | AACSB Creation of Value
7. T F The value creation activities of organizational members are meaningless unless some type of structure is used to assign people to tasks and link
Implementing Strategy Through Organizational Design
Name: __________________________ Date: _____________
1. T F Strategy is implemented through organizational design. ANS: True PTS: 1 REF: 227 NAT: AACSB Analytic | AACSB Strategy
2. T F Organizational design means selecting the combination of organizational structure and control systems that lets a company pursue its strategy most effectively. ANS: True PTS: 1 REF: 227 NAT: AACSB Analytic | AACSB Strategy
3. T F The primary role of organizational structure is to coordinate employees activities to effectively implement strategy and to motivate employees to achieve superior efficiency. ANS: Tue PTS: 1 REF: 227 NAT: AACSB Analytic | AACSB Strategy
4. T F The role of organizational structure is to provide managers with specific feedback on how well an organization and its members are performing and building competitive advantage. ANS: False PTS: 1 REF: 228 NAT: AACSB Analytic | AACSB Strategy
5. T F Organizational structure and control shape the way people behave and determine how they will act in the organizational setting. ANS: True PTS: 1 REF: 227 NAT: AACSB Analytic | AACSB Strategy
6. T F Effective organizational design can simultaneously allow a company to obtain a competitive advantage and create value. ANS: True PTS: 1 REF: 227 NAT: AACSB Analytic | AACSB Creation of Value
7. T F The value creation activities of organizational members are meaningless unless some type of structure is used to assign people to tasks and link