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Which of the following is an example of an organizational value?


A) Burtell Oil, Inc. increases the inspection of pipelines above the legal requirement to prevent oil spills.
B) Burtell Oil, Inc. lowers gas prices to gain an advantage over their closest competitor.
C) Burtell Oil, Inc. finances research for finding oil deposits within the United States.
D) Burtell Oil, Inc. launches an ad campaign that promotes the company as being environmentally friendly.

E) C) and D)
F) None of the above

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Lower-level employees focus mainly on _____ when a firm is using top-down or scenario planning as an approach to the strategic management process.


A) strategy formulation
B) strategy analysis
C) strategy implementation
D) strategy initiation

E) A) and D)
F) A) and C)

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According to the upper-echelons theory,the organizational outcomes of a company primarily reflect the values of the


A) production workers in the company.
B) CEO of the company.
C) housekeeping staff in the company.
D) external stakeholders of the company.

E) None of the above
F) A) and B)

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Understanding the Resource Allocation Process (RAP) will have large effects on shaping a firm's realized strategy.Which of the following is an example of such an allocation of resources?


A) Starbucks' launch of iced drinks
B) Teach For America's mission statement
C) Merck's voluntary withdrawal of Vioxx from the market
D) Intel's rule to "maximize margin-per-wafer-start"

E) None of the above
F) All of the above

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The CEO of Juliet Computers was the child of parents who had difficulty making enough money to support their family.As a result,he and his siblings did not have access to many advantages that children from wealthier families had.This CEO,therefore,emphasized making affordable computers that could be bought by low-income households.Which of the following does this example demonstrate?


A) dominant strategic planning
B) Level-5 leadership pyramid
C) upper-echelons theory
D) scenario planning

E) B) and C)
F) A) and B)

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As the CEO of a conglomerate,Juana Mark exhibited her strong commitment toward the company's core value that customers' well-being is more important than profit when she decided to liquidate the company's tobacco subsidiary.The tobacco brand sold by her company was a major revenue earner in lesser-developed nations.However,Juana believed that her company had to be responsible toward society.In this scenario,Juana has demonstrated


A) strategic leadership.
B) intrapreneurship.
C) Machiavellianism.
D) individualism.

E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

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Customer-oriented visions do not


A) leave open the means to of how to meet a need.
B) define a business according to solutions.
C) define how a customer need will be met.
D) provide companies with a competitive advantage.

E) B) and C)
F) A) and D)

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Any unplanned strategic initiative undertaken by mid-level employees of their own volition is a(n)


A) dominant strategic plan.
B) unrealized strategy.
C) emergent strategy.
D) intended strategy.

E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

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Which of the following is an assumption that top-down strategic planning rests on?


A) We can predict the future from the past.
B) Time cannot be compressed at will.
C) Decisions made in the past do not affect our future.
D) Change is constant.

E) None of the above
F) C) and D)

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According to the Level-5 leadership pyramid,a manager turns into an executive who is capable of building lasting greatness into the organization through a combination of willpower and humility when he or she reaches


A) Level 5.
B) Level 3.
C) Level 2.
D) Level 1.

E) B) and D)
F) All of the above

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