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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. Telecommuting; Compressed workweek; Flextime; Job sharing






3. 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






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






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






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






7. The basis by which jobs are grouped together






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






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






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






11. Open innovation; Strategic partnership






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






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






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






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






16. Creating or changing an organization's structure






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






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






19. The production of items in continuous processes






20. The production of item in units or small batches






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






32. 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






33. The production of items in large batches






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






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






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






37. The obligation or expectation to perform any assigned duties






38. The visual representation of an organization's structure






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






40. 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






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






42. 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






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






44. Dividing work activities into separate job tasks






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






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






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






48. The formal arrangement of jobs within an organization






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






50. Virtual organization; Network organization