Benchmarking is done to determine what other organizations are doing well and how those ideas could be incorporated into one’s own organization.

Potential advantages of network structures include which of the following?

Managers must be able to understand and respond to personality differences when __________.

Contingency planning anticipates events that may occur in the future.

Melissa uses whatever style of management seems to best fit the individual employee’s needs. Her management style displays which theory of management?  

“You can compete on price, or you can compete on product, but you can’t compete on both,” is a marketer’s statement that Porter believes is generally true.

Strategic leadership refers to a leader’s capability to inspire people to successfully engage in a process of continuous change, refinement, and implementation of organizational strategies.

An example of interpellation is when speaking a prestige variety of a language positions the speaker as someone educated and well-mannered.

The foundations of the behavioral approach to management include all of the following components EXCEPT:

Strong core values give character to an organization, back up the mission statement, and help guide members’ behavior in meaningful and consistent ways.