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Management 101: Organizational Structure And Design

Subject : business-skills
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. An organizational design that's rigid and tightly controlled






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






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






4. The production of item in units or small batches






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






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






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






8. Open innovation; Strategic partnership






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






10. Virtual organization; Network organization






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






18. Dividing work activities into separate job tasks






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






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






21. Telecommuting; Compressed workweek; Flextime; Job sharing






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






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






24. The obligation or expectation to perform any assigned duties






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






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






27. The production of items in continuous processes






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






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






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






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






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






33. Creating or changing an organization's structure






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






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






36. The formal arrangement of jobs within an organization






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






38. The basis by which jobs are grouped together






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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







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