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Market Orientation in the DFW Metroplex

Market Orientation of High Tech Firms in the Metroplex
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I ask that you please complete the questionnaire by November 7,2005. Thanks again for your help.

Sincerely,
Melissa Rokyta

2nd Year MBA Student
University of Texas at Dallas
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In this business unit, we meet with customers at least once a year to find out what products or services they will need in future.
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In this business unit, we do a lot of in-house market research.
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We are slow to detect changes in our customers' product preferences.
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We poll end users at least once a year to assess the quality of our products and services.
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We periodically review the likely effect of changes in our business environment (e.g. regulation) on our customers.
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We have interdepartmental meetings at least once a quarter to discuss market trends and developments.
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Marketing personnel in our business unit spend time discussing customers' future needs with other functional departments.
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When something important happens to a major customer or market, the business unit knows about it within a short period.
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Data on customer satisfaction are disseminated at all levels in this business unit on a regular basis.
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For one reason or another, we tend to ignore changes in our customers’ product or service needs.
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We periodically review our product development efforts to ensure that they are in line with what customers want.
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Several departments get together periodically to plan a response to changes taking place in our business environment.
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If a major competitor launched an intensive campaign targeted at our customers, we would implement a response immediately.
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The activities of the different departments in this business unit are well coordinated.
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Even if we came up with a great marketing plan, we probably would not be able to implement it in a timely fashion.
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When we find that customers would like us to modify a product or service, the departments involved make a concerted effort to do so.
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In our kind of business, customers' product preferences change quite a bit over time.
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Our customers tend to look for new products all the time.
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Sometimes our customers are very price sensitive, but on other occasions, price is relatively unimportant.
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The technology in our industry is changing rapidly.
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Technological changes provide big opportunities in our industry.
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If is very difficult to forecast where the technology in our industry will be in the next 2 to 3 years.
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A large number of new product ideas have been made possible through technological breakthroughs in our industry.
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Technological developments in our industry are rather minor.
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Competition in our industry is cutthroat.
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There are many promotion wars in our industry.
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Anything that one competitor can offer, others can match readily.
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Price is a hallmark of our industry.
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One hears of a new competitive move almost every day.
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When members of several departments get together, tensions frequently run high.
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People in one department generally dislike interacting with those from another department.
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Employees from different departments feel that the goals of their respective departments are in harmony with each other.
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Protecting one's departmental turf is considered to be a way of life in this business unit.
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The objectives pursued by the marketing department are incompatible with those of the manufacturing department.
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There is little or no interdepartmental conflict in this business unit.
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In this business unit, it is easy to talk with virtually anyone you need to, regardless of rank or position.
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There is ample opportunity for hall talk among individuals from different departments in this business unit.
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In this business unit, employees from different departments feel comfortable calling each other when the need arises.
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Managers here discourage employees from discussing work related matters with those who are not their immediate superiors or subordinates.
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People around here are quite accessible to those in other departments.
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Junior managers in my department can easily schedule meetings with junior managers in other departments.
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I feel that I am my own boss in most matters.
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A person can make his own decisions without checking with anybody else.
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How things are done here is left up to the person doing the work.
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People here feel as though they are constantly being watched to see that they obey all the rules.
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There can be little action taken until a supervisor approves.
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A person who wants to make his own decision would be quickly discouraged here.
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Even small matters have to be referred to someone higher up for a final answer.
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I have to ask my boss before I do almost anything.
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Any decision I make has to have my boss' approval.
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No matter which department they are in, people in this business unit get recognized for being sensitive to competitive moves.
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Customer satisfaction assessments influence senior managers' pay in this business unit.
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Formal rewards (i.e. pay raise, promotion) are forthcoming to anyone who consistently provides good market intelligence.
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Salespeople’s' performance in this business unit is measured by the strength of the relationship they build with customers.
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We use customer polls for evaluating our salespeople.
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Top managers repeatedly tell employees that this business unit's survival depends on its adapting to market trends.
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Top managers often tell employees to be sensitive to the activities of our competitors.
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Top managers keep telling people around here that they must gear up now to meet customers' future needs.
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According to top managers here, serving customers is the most important thing our business unit does.
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Top managers in this business unit believe that higher financial risks are worth taking for higher rewards.
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Top managers in this business unit like to take big financial risks.
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Top managers here encourage the development of innovative marketing strategies, knowing well that some will fail.
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Top managers in this business unit like to play it safe.
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Top managers around here like to implement plans only if they are very certain that they will work.
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The overall performance of the business unit last year was excellent.
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The overall performance of the business unit relative to all competitors last year was excellent.
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The overall performance of the business unit last year was excellent in comparison with what was expected.
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The return on investment of the business unit relative to all competitors last year was excellent.
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The sales of the business unit relative to all competitors last year were excellent.
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