Management Information Systems Managing the Digital Firm 15th Edition – Test Bank

Management Information Systems Managing the Digital Firm 15th Edition By Kenneth C. Laudon – Test Bank

Management Information Systems: Managing the Digital Firm, 15e (Laudon)

Chapter 3   Information Systems, Organizations, and Strategy

1) The interaction between information technology and organizations is influenced:

A) solely by the decision-making of middle and senior managers.

B) by the development of new information technologies.

C) by many factors, including structure, politics, culture, and environment.

D) by two main macroeconomic forces: capital and labor.

E) by the rate of growth of the organization.

Answer:  C

Difficulty:  Moderate

AACSB:  Information technology

LO:  3-1: Which features of organizations do managers need to know about to build and use information systems successfully?

2) Which of the following statements about organizations is not true?

A) An organization is a stable, formal social structure that takes resources from the environment and processes them to produce outputs.

B) An organization is a formal, legal entity with internal rules and procedures that must abide by laws.

C) An organization is a collection of people and other social elements.

D) An informal group can be considered to be an organization.

E) An organization is a collection of rights, privileges, obligations, and responsibilities delicately balanced over a period of time through conflict and conflict resolution.

Answer:  D

Difficulty:  Moderate

AACSB:  Reflective thinking

LO:  3-1: Which features of organizations do managers need to know about to build and use information systems successfully?

3) According to the ________ definition of organizations, an organization is seen as a means by which capital and labor are transformed by the organization into outputs to the environment.

A) microeconomic

B) macroeconomic

C) sociotechnical

D) behavioral

E) psychological

Answer:  A

Difficulty:  Challenging

AACSB:  Reflective thinking

LO:  3-1: Which features of organizations do managers need to know about to build and use information systems successfully?