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Joan Woodward-studies of technology



1. Oil refineries and automated chemical processing plants are examples of __________. 
a) long-linked technology. 
b) continuous-process technology. 
c) mediating technology. 
d) small-batch technology. 
e) intensive technology. 
 

2. Joan Woodward-studies of technology concluded all of the 
following EXCEPT: 
a) successful small-batch and continuous-process plants had flexible structures with small work groups at the bottom of the organization. 
b) less successful small-batch and continuous-process plants were more rigidly structured. 
c) successful mass production operations were rigidly structured and had large work groups at the bottom of the organization. 
d) less successful mass production operations were not rigidly structured. 
e) successful continuous process and mass production plants were flexibly structured with large work groups at the bottom of the organization. 

3. The influence of __________ is most clearly seen in small organizations and in specific departments within large organizations. 
a) operations technology. 
b) mechanistic bureaucracy. 
c) organic bureaucracy. 
d) unity of command. 
e) authoritative control. 


4. A(n) __________ is characterized by few rules, policies, and procedures; substantial decentralization; shared decision making among members; extreme horizontal specialization; few levels of management; and virtually no formal controls. 
a) bureaucracy. 
b) adhocracy. 
c) matrix organization. 
d) network organization. 
e) hierarchical organization. 


5. From an organizational standpoint, IT can be used for all of the following EXCEPT: 
a) a near perfect substitute for human judgment. 
b) a partial substitute for some operations. 
c) a partial substitute for some process controls and impersonal methods of coordination. 
d) a capability for transforming information to knowledge for learning. 
e) a strategic capability. 
 




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