Answers to last week's quiz (#074)

 

1. What are the professional bureaucracy, the adhocracy, the simple structure, the machine bureaucracy and the divsionalised form?
   The five principle structures of organisation postulated by Henry Mintzberg 
    
2. These two brothers were among the 16 children of a family which owned one of the largest and most prosperous papermaking firms in 18th century France. They had long considered innovation to be the main reason for their success and known to have managed their workforce effectively in an era of no papermaking machines. Name them and their invention that was one of the first in the history of mankind and considered revolutionary.
   The Montgolfier brothers (Joseph and Jacques), inventors of the first practical hot-air balloon that made human flight possible 
    
3. Which company has developed and launched a new fragrance in October this year called “Bond Girl 007”?
   Avon. In conjunction with the new James Bond movie release, the perfume will be sold by Avon’s 5.4 million independent sales representatives in over 100 markets around the world. 
    
4. General Mills began sponsoring baseball radio broadcasts in 1933 when Wheaties, its cereal, became known as The Breakfast of Champions. One of their announcer’s who was voted the country’s most popular Wheaties baseball announcer in 1937 also went on to become the US president. Name him.
   Ronald Reagan 
    
5. Which 2009 model luxury car is purported to have the same sound system as a Rolls Royce Phantom and runs ads in the US with the line: “If you’d rather have money than a hood ornament”? 
   Hyundai’s Genesis 2009 
    
6. Which report is the primary source of diamond pricing and market information for the diamond industry?
   The Rapaport Report 
    
7. Link a city in the State of Iowa, a character in the Mel Brooks TV show Get Smart to the code name for a next-generation family of multi-core chips. Also name its manufacturer.
   Larrabee, Intel’s next generation chip slated to be launched in 2009 
    
8. Which company follows the Three Actuals or Sangen approach to market research? This principle translates to: actual product, actual person, actual situation. Its engineers and designers in California researched improvements to its products by observing people in Disneyland’s parking lot.
   Honda Motor Company 
    
9. What made its first appearance when the model number EP101 was launched in 1968?
   The first dot matrix printer manufactured by Epson 
    
10. This company (logo below) recently launched something in India before doing so in the US? Identify it.
    
    Sony Pictures. The James Bond movie, Quantum of Solace was released in India a week before the launch in the US. 

There were 37 all-correct entries for the strategist quiz # 74. The winners who will receive a copy of Elements of International Business are: Amit Monteiro, Mumbai; Vikram Rana, Delhi; Priyanka Mishra, New Delhi; Mamta Ghosh, Gurgaon; Syed Azam Hayat, Karnataka; Syed Qais Hayat, Mumbai; Aslam Rabbani, Bihar; Shailendra Singh, Uttar Pradesh; Wasim Ahmad, Faridabad; and Sanjoy Chakraborty, New Delhi. Amit Monteiro also wins Rs 2,000.