Question

11. In the Porter model a substitute for the products of Ozarka water (which I define as in the bottled water industry) would be:

•Perrier Water   

•Movies   

•Generic water   

•Hot dogs

•Diet Coke

12. Modern societies have evolved ethics against murder to be able to:

•Have different ethical values •Exclude more People   

•Build large scale societies

•Grow without morals

•Have 14 major principles

13. Ethical decision making is:

•Always a clear choice

•Not a problem for new employees

•Often a tough choice among shades of gray

•not done often in America •a step in MBO

14. The most appropriate structure for a large consulting firm with many varied types of client projects is:

•simple   

•centralized   

•Decentralized

•matrix   

•Functional

  

15. A long term effort to infuse an organization with a sense of purpose and values is

•strategy   

•control   

•Leadership   

•Profitability   

•TQM

16. Divisional organizational structure is usually

•centralized

•Functional   

•Matrix

•Decentralized   

•Bad for control diversification

  

17. A model that gives a growth view of the business is the __________ model

•Porter   

•Generic

•Grand Strategy

•Financial

•Miles and Snow

  

18. Raw Materials, transportation, and parts are elements of the

•Business Model

•The Financial Ratios

•GE strategic planning

•Grand Strategies

•The supply chain

19. The stability category is part of the

•Business Model   

•The Financial Ratios

•Porter’s Model

•Grand Strategies

•The supply chain

20. You are most likely to see Synergy in a company using

•Unrelated Growth   

•Simple structure

•question marks

•Horizontal Growth   

•A Quick Ratio above 1

Answer 1

11. Perrier water would be substiture of Ozarka water because both are brands of natural bottled water.

12. Modern societies have evolved ethics against murder to exclude more people to do muders as with traditional ethical values the murder cases were on an increase.

13. Ethical decision making is often a tough choice among the shades of gray because ethical decision means decide between wrong and right thing to do. So it becomes difficult at times to decide what is the right decision and whether it will be worthy or not.

14.Matrix structure would be the best suited one. Matrix structure is a structure used when the firm operates in projects which are for specified time period. Under this structure, there are cross functional teams having project managers and supervisors at different levels.

15.A long term effort to infuse the organisation with a sense of purpose and values is a strategy. Strategy is a set of action designed to realise a long term goal.

16. Divisional organisational structure is usually decentralised as most of the decisions are left to the autonomous divisions created although management is centralised.

17. The model that gives a groeth view of business is the financial model. It is through the financial measure (profits) which depict the successful growth of business.

18. Raw materials,transportation and parts are the elements of supply chain and logistics. Supply chain is the movement of raw material and parts from one place to other through transportation facilities.

19.Stability category is a part of financial ratios. If the financial ratios are ideal then the position of the company is said to be stable.

20. Synergy is most likely to be seen in a comapny with unrelated growth. When a company donot have a continuous growth, it takes upon to synergy-mergers and acquisitions for financial benefits, higher levels of growth and lessen competitions.