One of the factors that explained the effectiveness of ambidextrous organizational designs in the O'Reilly and Tushman study was that the reward systems emphasized traditional unit goals.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
False
The study found that there were many factors. The tight coordination and integration at the managerial levels enabled the newer units to share important resources from the traditional units, such as cash, talent, and expertise. Such sharing was encouraged and facilitated by effective reward systems that emphasized overall company goals.
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Explain the concept of business process design.
What will be an ideal response?
Actions that would NOT help to rectify a company's unethical and greed-driven culture encompass
A. promoting individuals who have stepped forward to spearhead the shift to a different culture and who can serve as role models for the desired cultural behavior. B. hiring frontline employees who display high-performance behaviors and a passion for making the company successful. C. requiring all company personnel to attend culture-training programs to better understand the new culture-related actions and behaviors that are expected. D. dismissing executives that exude an "ends-justify-the-means" mentality in pursuing overambitious operating and financial targets. E. adopting accounting principles that make the company's financial performance appear better than it really is.
An effective practice for building teams that are cohesive and have high-performance norms is to
A. keep the team as large as possible. B. tie rewards to individual performance. C. maintain low entrance standards. D. be an autocratic leader. E. publicize the team's success among superiors.
A firm will use spontaneous funds to the extent possible; however, due to credit terms, contracts with workers, and tax laws there is little flexibility in their usage.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)