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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. An organizational structure made up of separate - semiautonomous units or divisions






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






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






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






5. Temporary - freelance - or contract workers whose employment is contingent upon demand for their services






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






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






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






9. The degree to which lower-level employees provide input or actually make decisions






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






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






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






13. The formal arrangement of jobs within an organization






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






15. The obligation or expectation to perform any assigned duties






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






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






18. Telecommuting; Compressed workweek; Flextime; Job sharing






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






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






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






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






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






24. 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






25. The production of item in units or small batches






26. Open innovation; Strategic partnership






27. Creating or changing an organization's structure






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






29. 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






30. The production of items in continuous processes






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






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






33. 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






34. The production of items in large batches






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






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






37. Virtual organization; Network organization






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






39. Dividing work activities into separate job tasks






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






47. The visual representation of an organization's structure






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






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






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