Basics of the Brain
This animal was used in Karl Lashley's brain studies
What is a rat?
This side of the brain is known for being more logical and analytical.
What is left-brain?
This learning loop model includes a "question the norm" process
What is the Double-Loop?
These groupings of employees are what Spotify uses to promote a holographic, reproducible structure.
What are squads?
The acronym WTO stands for
What is work, technology, and organization?
True or False:
Memory and function are stored in a single location in the brain
What is False?
True or false:
Organizational functioning depends on information processing
What is true?
This Japanese process calls for all employees to contribute to continued improvement
What is Kaizen?
This term refers to multiple parts that perform the same function/task
What is "redundancy"
ISE 440 students had this budget to purchase a pizza from a real-life pizzeria
What is $20/group
This metaphor suggests that the whole can be stored in all the parts.
What is a holographic system?
This limitation reflects that the limited intelligence of individuals is used to justify the limited intelligence of organizations.
What is bounded rationality?
This feedback loop achieves its goal by avoiding undesirable states
What is a Negative Feedback Loop?
Requisite _____ says that the internal diversity of any system must match the complexity of its environment.
What is variety?
This organization structure has employees report to functional leadership and project leadership
What is a matrix organization?
This type of processing happens when many parts of the brain work at the same time instead of through one single center.
What is parallel processing?
This approach states that organizations use "bounded rationality," making "good enough" decisions with limited information.
What is “The Decision-Making Approach”?
This is the formal study of the intersection of communication, control, and feedback systems.
What is cybernetics?
Giving your employees "Minimum Specifications" opposes the principles of scientific management created by this man
Who is Frederick W. Taylor?
This man founded The Lego Group in 1932 in Denmark
Who is Ole Kirk Kristiansen?
This hemisphere of the brain is associated with creativity, intuition, emotion, and pattern recognition.
What is the right hemisphere?
This type of system delivers components right when needed.
What is just-in-time systems?
As opposed to "Targets", these guiding principles encourage employees to reflect business values and produce their own solutions
What are Points of Reference?
Minimum Specifications allows teams to self-organize, and may result in employees achieving this pinnacle of Maslow's hierarchy of needs
What is "Self-Actualization"
This even number of students are currently enrolled in ISE 440
What is 34?