【正文】 a group of sales districts. d. Develop and sell quality appliances worldwide. e. Diversify product line to appeal to more people.17C According to Mintzberg, the entrepreneurial mode of strategy formulation a. is characterized by reactive solutions to existing problems. b. assumes major responsibilities for strategy formulation. c. is focused on opportunities seen by one person. () d. includes the proactive search for new opportunities and reactive solutions to existing problems. e. assumes the environment is unresponsive to input. 18B The mode of strategy formulation used when top management has a reasonably clear idea of the corporation39。s corporations?Research indicates that organizations that engage in strategic management generally outperform those that do not. The attainment of an appropriate match or fit between an organization39。s need by making and/or distributing a product or service. Information on both the internal and external environments can also help a corporation to predict likely opportunities and threats. Longterm strategies can be designed with these in mind.MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS (The letter after each item number is the correct answer)1B Which is NOT one of the strategic questions that an organization must ask itself? a. Where is the organization now? b. How can functional and operational areas be improved? () c. If no changes are made, where will the organization be in one year? d. If the evaluation is negative, what specific actions should management take? e. If no changes are made, where will the organization be in 10 years?2D Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of strategic decisions as mentioned in the text? a. directive b. consequential c. rare d. continuous ()3A Strategic planning within a small organization a. may be informal and irregular. () b. must be elaborate to allow for future growth. c. should be formalized and explicitly stated d. should be done by the president only. e. is unnecessary and a waste of time. 4D An organization that is skilled at creating, acquiring, and transferring knowledge and at modifying its behavior to reflect new knowledge and insights a. asks if it should be or not be. b. is operating in Phase 1 of strategic management. c. has a mechanistic structure. d. is a learning organization. () e. is crazy. 5B Research suggests that strategic management evolves through four sequential phases in corporations. The first phase is a. externallyoriented planning. b. basic financial planning. () c. internallyoriented planning. d. forecastbased planning. e. strategic management. 6A Research done by Henry Mintzberg suggests that strategy formulation a. is irregular and a discontinuous process. () b. should be followed unswervingly to ensure success of the plan. c. is worthless. d. should be reviewed after a specific interval of time to make sure it is still applicable. e. is merely a checklist of actions following a logical process. 7B Which of the following is NOT one the five triggering events that are the stimulus for a strategic change? a. Intervention by the organization39。 Add more outsiders (people not affiliated with the corporation) to the board of directors. Keep the percentage of insiders (typically top management) to about 25% or less of board membership.s vision, in contrast, is a description of what the pany is capable of being. It tells not what the pany is now (as does the mission), but what it is striving to bee. Whereas the mission is presentoriented, the vision is futureoriented. A corporation39。s contention that there are four responsibilities of business corporations: economic, legal, ethical, and discretionary. Pure laissez faire argues for economic responsibilities only. Friedman modifies laissez faire by presumably adding legal responsibilities. One could make the point that the rules of the game should include ethical responsibilities as well. The problem, of course, is what happens to the concept of laissez faire when one adds all these responsibilities to it and then expects business people at all levels to accept them without outside force? Does laissez faire as proposed by Adam Smith and argued by others include only economic responsibilities? If legal and ethical responsibilities are also expected by society of business corporations, is it still free enterprise laissez faire or some other kind of system?A2. How does a strategic vision differ from a corporation39。s connections to key stakeholders in the corporation39。 (3) They are directive. Strategic decisions set precedents for lesser decisions and future actions throughout the organization. 5. When is the planning mode of strategic decision making superior to the entrepreneurial and adaptive modes?The planning mode is generally superior to the entrepreneurial and adaptive modes when the organization is fairly large, when knowledge is spread throughout the organization, and when the organization has at least a moderate amount of time to engage in strategic planning. The book proposes that the planning mode is more rational and thus a better way of making most strategic decisions than are the other modes. It may not, however, always be possible. The entrepreneurial mode can be very useful when time is short, one person or group is able to grasp the essentials of the business and its environment, and that person or group is able to influence the rest of the organization to accept the strategic decision. The adaptive mode is generally not considered to be very effective in most situations, but seems to be the fallback mode when entrepreneurial or planning modes can39。s corporations as one way to make the environment more manageable.2. How does strategic management typically evolve in a corporation?Strategic management in a corporation appears to evolve throug