MGT 3200 : Exam 2 Textbook Objectives
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In evaluating alternatives, weighing short-term costs and benefits more heavily than longer-term costs and benefits. Dialectic is a structured debate between two conflicting courses of action. Mechanistic - formal structure intended to promote internal efficiency. It must be something (good or service) that the market needs and that the firm is better at providing than other firms its core capability. The firm must choose collaborators that also are excellent at what they do and that provide complementary strengths. The firm must make certain that all parties fully understand the strategic goals of the partnership. Designer role: the broker serves as a network architect who envisions a set of groups or firms whose collective expertise could be focused on a particular good or service. Process engineering role: the broker serves as a network cooperator who takes the initiative to lay out the flow of resources and relationships and makes certain that everyone shares the same goals, standards, payments, and the like.
