If an organization is to survive, which of the following is most essential?

A. Strong financial performance
B. Committed employees
C. High level of service
D. Customer retention
✅ The correct answer is option C.
If an organization is to survive, High level of service is most essential. At the highest level, the minimum attributes that the customer/stakeholder expects in the service include: High quality, Customer friendly, Environmentally responsible, etc.

Strategy effectiveness and competitive success is dependent on which of the following groups of competencies?

A. Change, planning, learning
B. Content, change, planning
C. Content, change, learning
D. Learning, planning, content
✅ The correct answer is option C.
Strategy effectiveness and competitive success is dependent on Content, change, learning groups of competencies. Strategic success requires a clear understanding of the needs of the market, and the satisfaction of targeted customers more effectively and more profitably than by competitors. Real competitive advantage implies companies are able to satisfy customer needs more effectively than their competitors.

Which of these is not a main determinant of centralization/decentralization?

A. Geographical considerations (e g , location etc)
B. Costs
C. Size
D. Demographical considerations (e g , age; ethnicity etc)
✅ The correct answer is option D.
Demographical considerations (e g , age; ethnicity etc) is not a main determinant of centralization/decentralization.

Which of the following is a skill required by organizations to deal with competitive chaos?

A. The ability to share information among all managers
B. The ability to operate efficiently and effectively
C. The ability to discern patters in the dynamic environment and competitive chaos, and spot opportunities ahead of rivals
D. The ability to benchmark competitors
✅ The correct answer is option C.
The ability to discern patters in the dynamic environment and competitive chaos, and spot opportunities ahead of rivals is a skill required by organizations to deal with competitive chaos.

The process of developing a mission statement includes which of these as the first activity?

A. A request to modify the current document
B. Ask managers to read selected articles about mission statements
C. Ask managers to prepare a mission statement for the organization
D. A merging of several mission statements into one document
✅ The correct answer is option B.
The process of developing a mission statement includes ask managers to read selected articles about mission statements. A mission statement defines what an organization is, why it exists, its reason for being. At a minimum, your mission statement should define who your primary customers are, identify the products and services you produce, and describe the geographical location in which you operate.

The three organizational levels are:

A. corporate level, business level, functional level
B. corporate level, business unit level, functional level
C. corporate strategy level, business unit level, functional level
D. corporate strategy level, business level, specialist level
✅ The correct answer is option A.
The three organizational levels are corporate level, business level and functional level. The corporate level involves the entire organization. Business units include divisions, product lines or other centers of business activity within your organization. The functional level refers to organizational departments such as human resources, marketing, operations and IT.

By what means should an organization measure its performance?

A. Efficiency
B. Effectiveness
C. Economy, efficiency, and effectiveness
D. Efficiency and effectiveness
✅ The correct answer is option C.
By economy, efficiency, and effectiveness means should an organization measure its performance. analyzing a company’s performance against its objectives and goals. In other words, organizational performance comprises real results or outputs compared with intended outputs.

Environmental scanning occurs in what phase of strategic conflict management?

A. Reactive
B. Proactive
C. Recovery
D. Strategic
✅ The correct answer is option B.
Environmental scanning occurs in Proactive phase of strategic conflict management. Conflict management is the practice of being able to identify and handle conflicts sensibly, fairly, and efficiently. Since conflicts in a business are a natural part of the workplace, it is important that there are people who understand conflicts and know how to resolve them. This is important in today’s market more than ever. Everyone is striving to show how valuable they are to the company they work for and at times, this can lead to disputes with other members of the team.

A question for business level strategy would be

A. Which industries do we want to be in?
B. How should the businesses be related?
C. How should the business compete in its market?
D. How should resources be shared amongst the businesses?
✅ The correct answer is option C.
A question for business level strategy would be How should the business compete in its market?