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Unions, employees, suppliers, and customers are examples of strategic constituencies. |
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The mechanistic model characterises organisations as closed systems. |
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Resource acquisition is the most widely used effectiveness criterion for organisations. |
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The goal accomplishment criterion relates to outputs while the resource acquisition criterion relates to inputs. |
| | A) | true |
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The organisational effectiveness criterion of internal processes measures how effective an organisation is in acquiring necessary factors of production such as raw materials, labour, or capital. |
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An organisation’s strategic constituencies generally agree on the best way to achieve organisational success. |
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A stakeholder audit is the systematic identification of all parties likely to be affected by the organisation. |
| | A) | true |
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Simple, dynamic organisational environments are characterised by moderately low perceived uncertainty. |
| | A) | true |
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A review of the technology research revealed that the more a firm’s technology requires interdependence between individuals and/or units, the greater the need for differentiation. |
| | A) | true |
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According to the strategic choice model, an organisation’s structure is largely determined by its technology. |
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The fact that small significant changes can inconspiciously influence the future of organisations is called systems theory. |
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According to the systems theory the working of the complex systems is based on the working of the lower subsystems. |
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The more an organisation is specialised, the wider its environment becomes. |
| | A) | true |
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The contingency theory and the open systems view are both based on an environmental imperative. |
| | A) | true |
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According to Woodward, the higher an organisation’s complexity, the more specialisation and the more need for overhead functions. |
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