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






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






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






4. Open innovation; Strategic partnership






5. Telecommuting; Compressed workweek; Flextime; Job sharing






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






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






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






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






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






11. The formal arrangement of jobs within an organization






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






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






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






15. The obligation or expectation to perform any assigned duties






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






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






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






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






20. 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






21. 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






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






23. 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






24. Creating or changing an organization's structure






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






26. The visual representation of an organization's structure






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






36. Virtual organization; Network organization






37. Dividing work activities into separate job tasks






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






45. 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






46. The basis by which jobs are grouped together






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






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






49. The production of item in units or small batches






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