Management 360 - Management and Organizational Behavior » Spring 2021 » Quiz Chapter 4

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Question #1
The general environment comprises the actual organizations, groups, and persons with whom an organization interacts and conducts business.
A.   TRUE
B.   FALSE
Question #2
Rising labor costs, higher shipping costs, and public criticisms about destroying local jobs can cause global firms to return to their home countries.
A.   TRUE
B.   FALSE
Question #3
Previous generations are “digital natives” who grew up in technology-enriched homes, schools, and friendship environments.
A.   FALSE
B.   TRUE
Question #4
A sustainable business both meets the needs of customers and protects the natural environment for future generations.
A.   FALSE
B.   TRUE
Question #5
Which of the following involves outsourcing of jobs to foreign locations?
A.     
B.   Offshoring
C.   Repatriation
D.   Backshoring
E.   Nationalization
F.   Reshoring
Question #6
Which of the following aspects of demographics comprises of generational cohorts?
A.   Race
B.   Ethnicity
C.   Income levels
D.   Gender
E.   Age
Question #7
Stakeholders:
A.   are owners of organizations who take risks motivated by desperation to get out of bad situations.
B.   refer to the employees who return from different host countries and help in establishing new domestic operations.
C.   are individuals who propose laws and regulations, government policies, and the philosophy and objectives of political parties.
D.   are the persons, groups, and institutions directly affected by an organization.
E.   are described as employees who move to foreign locations to reduce costs to the organization.
Question #8
Innovation refers to the:
A.   people and groups with whom an organization interacts.
B.   return of jobs from foreign locations as companies establish new domestic operations.
C.   process of taking a new idea and putting it into practice.
D.   things that an organization does extremely well and that gives it an advantage.
E.   lack of information regarding what exists in the environment.
Question #9
Which of the following steps in the innovation process consists of implementing what has been learned and commercializing new products or services?
A.   Experimenting
B.   Assessing
C.   Scaling
D.   Imagining
E.   Designing
Question #10
_____ innovation pulls new products and services from settings, where they are often created under pricing constraints, and pushes them into use elsewhere.
A.   Reverse
B.   Product
C.   Luxurious
D.   Disruptive
E.   Business model

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