True or False: Almost every innovative technology today is the product of an organizational network. True or False: Innovation refers to the successful introduction of a technology to the market or to the first successful military utilization of a technology.
True or False: According to organizational change expert Barbara Eilert, inclusion of cross-functional teams ensures success in organizational change initiatives.
True or False: In contrast to millennials, the “iGen” is defined by the rejection of social media.
True or False: The Fourth Industrial Revolution has been characterized as “the digital economy,” marked by increasingly automated systems.
True or False: Culture is not inheritable or genetic; culture is learned.
True or False: The less hierarchically organized a company is, the greater the "power distance" among the actors within it (i. e., hierarchical organization is inversely related to power distance).
True or False: An individual can be part of only one subculture at any given time.
True or False: As described by Aihwa Ong, factory women in Malaysia resisted exploitation through a broad-based unionization movement.
True or False: The term “cultural cluster” refers to a group of countries that share many cultural similarities.
True or False: Language is a system of reference.
True or False: An organizational mission statement can be used as an indicator of organizational identity.
True or False: Organizational failure was identified as the principal reason for the Columbia disaster.
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PUBP 503-DL1, Fall 2021 Review Questions

True or False: “Keiretsu” is a South Korean term referring to horizontal organizational networks built around a large specialized corporation.
True or False: Digital surveillance is a foundation of today’s “smart and connected” world.
True or False: Winner is concerned not only with technological change, but also with how that change might affect such things as the economy, the environment, and the culture of a place.
True or False: Change in technology is now so rapid and complex that it is impossible to know all of its causes and effects.
True or False: As a socio-structural concept, community is always an expression of inclusion and diversity.
True or False: In any given organization, the management style generally can be expected to reflect the broader economic culture in which the organization is embedded.
True or False: According to Schein, cultural intelligence requires sensitivity and mindfulness, and the flexibility to learn new skills.
True or False: In general, given advances in and greater reliance on technology, accidents are unlikely to occur.
True or False. Cybersecurity has been described as the organization and collection of resources, processes, and structures to protect cyberspace and related systems from occurrences misaligning de jure from de facto property rights.
True or False: A shared value system has been identified as a major hindrance to having a stable, functioning society.
True or False: Technology is always advantageous or beneficial to society.
True or False: Some transnational corporations have more economic clout than many countries.
True or False: Financial capital is a tangible form of assets used for investment.
True or False: Adam Smith was a famous American economist who spoke of the invisible hand that divides market from non-market forces.
True or False: Radio and television were military innovations before becoming commercially successful entertainment media.
True or False: In regard to the growth of digital libraries, a principal benefit is greater access.
True or False: Digital platforms operate to streamline and facilitate communication and flows between economies.