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Management 101: Organizational Structure And Design
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1. Positions with some authority that have been created to support - assist - and advise those holding the authority
Mechanistic organization
Boundaryless organization designs
Staff authority
Unity of command
2. Virtual organization; Network organization
Employee empowerment
Boundaryless organization designs
Network organization
Contemporary organizational designs
3. An organizational design that's rigid and tightly controlled
Span of control
Mechanistic organization
Flextime (or flexible work hours)
Matrix structure
4. Collaborative relationships between two or more organizations in which they combine their resources and capabilities for some business purpose
Decentralization
Communities of practice
Strategic partnerships
Telecommuting
5. An organizational structure that consists of a small core of full-time employees and outside specialists temporarily hired as needed to work on projects
Acceptance theory of authority
Open innovation
Responsibility
Virtual organization
6. An organizational design that's highly adaptive and flexible
Organic organization
Acceptance theory of authority
Line authority
Authority
7. An organizational structure in which the entire organization is made up of work teams
Flextime (or flexible work hours)
Team structure
Divisional structure
Acceptance theory of authority
8. The practice of having two or more people split a full-time job
Job sharing
Organizational design
Responsibility
Mass production
9. Giving employees more authority (power) to make decisions
Organic organization
Decentralization
Strategic partnerships
Employee empowerment
10. Arranging and structuring work to accomplish the organization's goals
Formalization
Organizing
Flextime (or flexible work hours)
Benefits of collaborative works
11. 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
Communities of practice
Unit production
External collaboration designs
Organic organization
12. Creating or changing an organization's structure
Organizational design
Communities of practice
Centralization
Boundaryless organization designs
13. High specialization; Rigid departmentalization; Clear chain of command; Narrow spans of control; Centralization; High formalization
Mechanistic characteristics
Mass production
Task force (or ad hoc committee)
Acceptance theory of authority
14. Cross-functional team; Task force; Communities of practice
Unity of command
Employee empowerment
Internal collaboration designs
Centralization
15. An organizational structure made up of separate - semiautonomous units or divisions
Mechanistic organization
Simple structure
Divisional structure
Authority
16. The management principle that each person should report to only one manager
Functional structure
Unity of command
Authority
Task force (or ad hoc committee)
17. The obligation or expectation to perform any assigned duties
Staff authority
Mechanistic organization
Responsibility
Centralization
18. An organization that has developed the capacity to continuously learn - adapt - and change
External collaboration designs
Staff authority
Learning organization
Unity of command
19. An organizational design that groups together similar or related occupational specialties
Virtual organization
Network organization
Work specialization
Functional structure
20. How standardized an organization's jobs are and the extent to which employee behavior is guided by rules and procedures
Boundaryless organization designs
Strategic partnerships
Formalization
Network organization
21. 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
Network organization
Responsibility
Organic organization
Unit production
22. Opening up the search for new ideas beyond the organization's boundaries and allowing innovations to easily transfer inward and outward
Boundaryless organization designs
Organic organization
Open innovation
External collaboration designs
23. The view that authority comes from the willingness of subordinates to accept it
Acceptance theory of authority
Benefits of collaborative works
Unit production
Boundaryless organization
24. 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
Compressed workweek
Drawback of open innovation
Cross-functional team
Open innovation
25. An organizational structure in which employees continuously work on projects
Project structure
Unity of command
Drawback of open innovation
Departmentalization
26. The rights inherited in a management position to tell people what to do and to expect them to do it
Authority
Boundaryless organization designs
Chain of command
Mechanistic organization
27. Telecommuting; Compressed workweek; Flextime; Job sharing
Flexible work arrangement designs
Flextime (or flexible work hours)
Open innovation
Virtual organization
28. Team structure; Matrix-project structure; Boundaryless structure; and Learning structure
Responsibility
Contemporary organizational designs
Staff authority
Matrix structure
29. 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
Work specialization
Boundaryless organization designs
Task force (or ad hoc committee)
Flextime (or flexible work hours)
30. The formal arrangement of jobs within an organization
Organic organization
Organizing
Organizational structure
Team structure
31. The number of employees a manager can efficiently and effectively manage
Work specialization
Benefits of collaborative works
Span of control
Mass production
32. Increased communication and coordination; Greater innovative output; Enhanced ability to address complex problems; Sharing of information and best practices
Decentralization
Benefits of collaborative works
Contemporary organizational designs
Learning organization
33. A work arrangement in which employees work at home and are linked to the workplace by computer
Virtual organization
Chain of command
Learning organization
Telecommuting
34. A work team composed of individuals from various functional specialties
Organic organization
Chain of command
Acceptance theory of authority
Cross-functional team
35. An organizational structure that assigns specialists from different functional departments to work on one or more projects
Matrix structure
Telecommuting
Benefits of open innovation
Mass production
36. Open innovation; Strategic partnership
Process production
Matrix structure
External collaboration designs
Centralization
37. Temporary - freelance - or contract workers whose employment is contingent upon demand for their services
Contingent workers
Work specialization
Organic organization
Job sharing
38. A workweek where employees work longer hours per day but fewer days per week
Compressed workweek
Open innovation
Benefits of collaborative works
Process production
39. Authority that entitles a manager to direct the work of an employee
Project structure
Telecommuting
Line authority
Benefits of collaborative works
40. The production of item in units or small batches
Mechanistic organization
Unit production
Open innovation
Learning organization
41. Functional departmentalization; Geographical departmentalization; Product departmentalization; Process departmentalization; Customer departmentalization
Five common forms of departmentalization
Staff authority
Boundaryless organization designs
Process production
42. The degree to which decision making is concentrated at upper levels of the organization
Communities of practice
Mechanistic organization
Centralization
Work specialization
43. The visual representation of an organization's structure
Divisional structure
Staff authority
Functional structure
Organizational chart
44. The production of items in large batches
Cross-functional team
Organic organization
Mass production
Flexible work arrangement designs
45. An organizational design with low departmentalization - wide spans of control - centralized authority - and little formalization
Organic characteristics
Project structure
Five common forms of departmentalization
Simple structure
46. Potential interpersonal conflict; Different views and competing goals; Logistics of coordinating
Job sharing
Benefits of open innovation
Drawbacks of collaborative works
Process production
47. A temporary committee or team formed to tackle a specific short-term problem affecting service department
Boundaryless organization designs
Departmentalization
Mechanistic characteristics
Task force (or ad hoc committee)
48. The production of items in continuous processes
Flextime (or flexible work hours)
Organic characteristics
Team structure
Process production
49. Cross-functional teams; Cross-hierarchical teams; Free flow of information; Wide spans of control; Decentralization; Low formalization
Compressed workweek
Open innovation
Organic characteristics
Organic organization
50. The line of authority extending from upper organizational levels to the lowest levels - which clarifies who reports to whom
Functional structure
Compressed workweek
Chain of command
Strategic partnerships
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