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Strategic Management: Strategic Managment
Gregory G. Dess, University of Texas at Dallas
G.T. Lumpkin, University of Illinois--Chicago

Implementing Strategy: Achieving Effective Strategic Control

True or False



1

Production schedules, sales quotas, and operating budgets are examples of "traditional" controls.
A)TRUE
B)FALSE
2

An organization's ability to respond with speed and flexibility is improved by continuous monitoring.
A)TRUE
B)FALSE
3

Employees will follow what executives say, no matter what they do, because top executives serve as role models.
A)TRUE
B)FALSE
4

Rewards systems that emphasize an organization's core values and play a role in organizational cohesiveness are the least effective type.
A)TRUE
B)FALSE
5

The kind of boundaries that channel the efforts of employees toward goal accomplishment include short-term objectives and action plans.
A)TRUE
B)FALSE
6

Incentives tend to be based on vague quantitative targets in firms that compete on the basis of cost.
A)TRUE
B)FALSE