Thursday, December 5, 2013

Case 30 Quiz


  • Question 1

    2 out of 2 points
      If Whirlpool elected to remain in Evansville, it might have experienced:
    Selected Answer:  b. 
      Organizational decline
  • Question 2

    2 out of 2 points
      Whirlpool engaged in ethical stakeholder management when it gave the employees one year notice that the plant would close.
    Selected Answer:  True
  • Question 3

    2 out of 2 points
      When the Whirlpool division vice president sent a memo to the Evansville workers, warning them that they would risk their future employment opportunities with the company if they joined a protest against the move, the VP used which method to manage change:
    Selected Answer:  d. 
      Coercion
  • Question 4

    2 out of 2 points
      When Whirlpool announced that it would close the Evansville plant, its 1,100 workers became:
    Selected Answer:  a. 
      Marginal stakeholders
  • Question 5

    2 out of 2 points
      When Whirlpool Corporation announced that it would close its Evansville, Indiana, plant and move the operations to Mexico, the company engaged in which of the following innovations:
    Selected Answer:  b. 
      Compression approach