Chapter 11 - Wpc 470 Already Passed

multidivisional structure (M-form) {Ans: Organizational structure that consists of several distinct strategic business units (SBUs), each with its own profit-and-loss (P&L) responsibility.}How does organizational culture change? {Ans: can turn from a core competency into a core rigidity if a firm relies too long on the competency without honing, reflecting, and upgrading as the firm and the environment change}Input Controls {Ans: mechanisms in a strategic control-and-reward system that seek to define and direct employee behavior through a set of explicit, codified rules and standard operating procedures that are considered prior to the value-creating activities -the use of budgets is key}matrix structure {Ans: an organization structure that combines the functional structure with the M-form}why should managers using the M-form organizational structure to support a related-diversification strategy ideally concentrate decision making at the top of the organization? {Ans: it allows a high level of integration}Objective and Key Results (OKR) {Ans: a strategic reward and control system that helps a team and its individual members monitor objectives and outcomes, as well as set ambitious stretch goals}