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