Contingency theory focused on _____________ while population ecology instead drew attention to _____________ .

In a local restaurant, conflict occurs between kitchen and wait staff. Managers interpret the conflict as resulting from the dependent relationship between the groups (e.g., the wait staff depends on the kitchen staff to effectively complete their tasks). This interpretation reflects an approach based on which of the following metaphors?

Which of the following does not fit with the concept of organizational rationality?

The appropriate number and form of subsystems an organization requires in a given environment is determined by:

_______________ is a source of power that is closely associated with bureaucratic and mechanistic views of organizations.

Which of the following describes the secondary labor sector?

Frederick Taylor was a mechanical engineer who fixated on efficiency. Which metaphor most closely reflects his views?

The life of Willy Loman, the character from Arthur Miller’s play Death of a Salesman, is used by Morgan to illustrate which metaphor?

Direct democracy is:

“Organizations must be able to adapt to their environment or fail.” Which metaphor best reflects this statement?