Technology

Front 1

Lee jeans meets customer demand by sending computer requests from stores to the manufacturing departments as jeans sell out in stores. Lee's manufacturing department then pulls in raw materials, such as cloth and thread, from suppliers as it needs them. This information indicates that Lee uses ________.

Back 1

computer-aided-materials management (CAMM)

Front 2

Which of the following statements is true regarding small-batch and unit technology?

Back 2

The conversion process that results from this technology is typically flexible

Front 3

Which of the following statements is most likely to be true regarding a process that has a high technical complexity?

Back 3

Outputs that result from such processes can be predicted accurately.

Front 4

The conversion process that results from small-batch and unit technology tends to be flexible.

Back 4

True

Front 5

Mass production technology is based on sequential task interdependence.

Back 5

True

Front 6

When conversion processes depend primarily on the performance of people, rather than on machines, technical complexity of the process is said to be high.

Back 6

False

Front 7

The argument that technology determines structure is known as the ________.

Back 7

technological imperative

Front 8

Engineering production technology is characterized by low task variability and low task analyzability.

Back 8

False

Front 9

Task variability is low when a task is highly standardized or repetitious so a worker encounters the same situation time and time again.

Back 9

True

Front 10

The interactions of the members of a surgical operating team, the cooperative efforts of scientists in a research and development laboratory, and techniques developed by assembly-line workers are all examples of competences and technology at the ________ level.

Back 10

functional

Front 11

Which of the following statements is true regarding long-linked technology?

Back 11

Long-linked technology is characterized by routine tasks.

Front 12

According to Charles Perrow, task ________ is the number of new or unexpected situations that a person encounters while performing a task.

Back 12

variability

Front 13

Intensive technology is characterized by a work process where input, conversion, and output activities are inseparable.

Back 13

True

Front 14

________ is the technology that involves groups of skilled workers who interact closely to produce custom-designed products

Back 14

Craftswork

Front 15

Technology is used at all three stages in the value creation process: input, conversion, and output.

Back 15

True

Front 16

According to Charles Perrow, task analyzability is the ________.

Back 16

degree to which search activity is needed to solve a problem

Front 17

Continuous-process production is more cost efficient than both unit and mass production.

Back 17

True

Front 18

A mechanistic structure is the appropriate structure for managing continuous-process technology.

Back 18

False

Front 19

Small-batch technology has a higher level of technical complexity than large-batch technology.

Back 19

False

Front 20

Typically, organizations performing routine tasks have flat hierarchy of authority.

Back 20

False