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






2. The production of item in units or small batches






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






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






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






6. 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






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






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






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






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






11. The production of items in continuous processes






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






13. The production of items in large batches






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






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






16. The obligation or expectation to perform any assigned duties






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






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






19. 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






20. Creating or changing an organization's structure






21. An organizational structure whose design is not defined by or limited to the horizontal - vertical or external boundaries imposed by a predefined structure






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






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






24. The formal arrangement of jobs within an organization






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






33. The basis by which jobs are grouped together






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






35. 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






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






37. An organizational design that's rigid and tightly controlled






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






39. 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






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






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






42. The visual representation of an organization's structure






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






44. Dividing work activities into separate job tasks






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






46. Telecommuting; Compressed workweek; Flextime; Job sharing






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






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






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






50. 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







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