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Management 101: Organizational Structure And Design

Subject : business-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. High demands of managing the process; Extensive support needed; Cultural challenges; Greater need for flexibility; Crucial changes required in low knowledge is controlled and shared






2. An organizational structure in which the entire organization is made up of work teams






3. Potential interpersonal conflict; Different views and competing goals; Logistics of coordinating






4. Functional departmentalization; Geographical departmentalization; Product departmentalization; Process departmentalization; Customer departmentalization






5. A scheduling system in which employees are required to work a specific number of hours a week but are free to vary those hours within certain limits






6. A work arrangement in which employees work at home and are linked to the workplace by computer






7. How standardized an organization's jobs are and the extent to which employee behavior is guided by rules and procedures






8. An organizational structure that assigns specialists from different functional departments to work on one or more projects






9. Give customers what they want - a voice; Allow organizations to respond to complex problems; Nurture internal and external relationships; Bring focus back to marketplace; Provide way to cope with rising costs and uncertainties of product development






10. Giving employees more authority (power) to make decisions






11. Telecommuting; Compressed workweek; Flextime; Job sharing






12. High specialization; Rigid departmentalization; Clear chain of command; Narrow spans of control; Centralization; High formalization






13. The number of employees a manager can efficiently and effectively manage






14. Opening up the search for new ideas beyond the organization's boundaries and allowing innovations to easily transfer inward and outward






15. The management principle that each person should report to only one manager






16. Virtual organization; Network organization






17. The view that authority comes from the willingness of subordinates to accept it






18. The basis by which jobs are grouped together






19. Team structure; Matrix-project structure; Boundaryless structure; and Learning structure






20. The production of item in units or small batches






21. Arranging and structuring work to accomplish the organization's goals






22. A work team composed of individuals from various functional specialties






23. The obligation or expectation to perform any assigned duties






24. The formal arrangement of jobs within an organization






25. An organizational structure that uses its own employees to do some work activities and networks of outside suppliers to provide other needed product components or work processes






26. An organizational structure in which employees continuously work on projects






27. An organizational design with low departmentalization - wide spans of control - centralized authority - and little formalization






28. An organizational design that groups together similar or related occupational specialties






29. Cross-functional teams; Cross-hierarchical teams; Free flow of information; Wide spans of control; Decentralization; Low formalization






30. Creating or changing an organization's structure






31. Authority that entitles a manager to direct the work of an employee






32. Group of people who share a concern - a set of problems - or a passion about a topic - and who deepen their knowledge and experience in that area by interacting on an ongoing basis






33. Increased communication and coordination; Greater innovative output; Enhanced ability to address complex problems; Sharing of information and best practices






34. Dividing work activities into separate job tasks






35. The production of items in large batches






36. The degree to which decision making is concentrated at upper levels of the organization






37. An organization that has developed the capacity to continuously learn - adapt - and change






38. Positions with some authority that have been created to support - assist - and advise those holding the authority






39. Cross-functional team; Task force; Communities of practice






40. The production of items in continuous processes






41. A temporary committee or team formed to tackle a specific short-term problem affecting service department






42. An organizational design that's highly adaptive and flexible






43. Collaborative relationships between two or more organizations in which they combine their resources and capabilities for some business purpose






44. The rights inherited in a management position to tell people what to do and to expect them to do it






45. Open innovation; Strategic partnership






46. The line of authority extending from upper organizational levels to the lowest levels - which clarifies who reports to whom






47. The practice of having two or more people split a full-time job






48. A workweek where employees work longer hours per day but fewer days per week






49. A work team composed of individuals from various functional specialties






50. An organizational structure that consists of a small core of full-time employees and outside specialists temporarily hired as needed to work on projects