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_____________ emphasized creating “fit” between the organization and the environment.

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

All of the following are principles of Classical Management Theory except:

Pick the statement that is most accurate:

This metaphor is attributed with recognizing the social needs of the work force.

_________________ cultures indicate situations where differing experiences among groups and the resulting conflicts and tensions produce contradictory cultural elements within an organization.

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

Culture is a paradoxical concept in management theory, resulting in the view that organizational culture is the result of both ______________ and ______________.

Henry Mintzberg proposed that there were five configurations of organizations: machine bureaucracies, divisionalized organizations, professional bureaucracies, simple structures, and adhocracies.  This concept fits best in which metaphor?

Mechanistic approaches to organization work best under all the following conditions except: