Quiz 2 Busi 610

 Question 1
3 out of 3 points

As part of the “green movement,” Nike began making shoes with recycled materials and eco-friendly glues. The big oil company Valero is using windmills to run its refineries more efficiently and produce petroleum-based fuels more easily. These examples belong to which sector of the general environment?

Selected Answer:
Sociocultural

 Question 2
3 out of 3 points

Which of the following is a proper dimension of the framework for assessing environmental uncertainty?

Selected Answer:
Simple-complex

 Question 3
3 out of 3 points

Rather than establish buffer departments, a newer approach in many organizations is to drop the buffers and expose the technical core to its uncertain environment.

Selected Answer:
True

 Question 4
0 out of 3 points

In addition to establishing favorable linkages to obtain resources, organizations also may try to change the environment.

Selected Answer:
False

 Question 5
0 out of 3 points

Competitive intelligence refers to the high-tech analysis of large amounts of internal and external data to spot patterns and relationships that might be significant.

Selected Answer:
True

 Question 6
3 out of 3 points

With scenario planning, managers mentally rehearse different scenarios based on anticipating various changes that could affect the organization.

Selected Answer:
True

 Question 7
0 out of 3 points

When Johnson & Johnson had to cope with the unpredictable Tylenol poisoning issue, their experience best exemplified the____ dimension of the environment.

Selected Answer: complex  Question 8
3 out of 3 points

Every organization faces uncertainty globally but not domestically.

Selected Answer:
False

 Question 9
3 out of 3 points

Coercive forces result in:

Selected Answer: the appearance of legitimacy.

 Question 10
0 out of 3 points

In resource-dependence theory, large, independent