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Management 101: Organizational Structure And Design

Subject : business-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The obligation or expectation to perform any assigned duties






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






3. 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






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






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






6. 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






7. Creating or changing an organization's structure






8. The basis by which jobs are grouped together






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






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






11. Open innovation; Strategic partnership






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






19. The formal arrangement of jobs within an organization






20. The production of item in units or small batches






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






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






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






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






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






26. The visual representation of an organization's structure






27. The production of items in continuous processes






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






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






30. Dividing work activities into separate job tasks






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






32. Virtual organization; Network organization






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






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






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






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






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






38. 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






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






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






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






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






43. 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






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






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






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






47. The production of items in large batches






48. Telecommuting; Compressed workweek; Flextime; Job sharing






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






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







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