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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. Virtual organization; Network organization






2. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






10. Dividing work activities into separate job tasks






11. 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






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






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






14. The visual representation of an organization's structure






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






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






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






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






19. The production of items in continuous processes






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






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






22. Creating or changing an organization's structure






23. Telecommuting; Compressed workweek; Flextime; Job sharing






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






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






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






27. The production of items in large batches






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






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






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






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






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






33. The formal arrangement of jobs within an organization






34. The basis by which jobs are grouped together






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






36. The production of item in units or small batches






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






38. Open innovation; Strategic partnership






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






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






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






42. The obligation or expectation to perform any assigned duties






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






44. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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