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






2. Virtual organization; Network organization






3. The production of items in large batches






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






12. 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






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






14. Dividing work activities into separate job tasks






15. Open innovation; Strategic partnership






16. The formal arrangement of jobs within an organization






17. 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






18. Telecommuting; Compressed workweek; Flextime; Job sharing






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






28. The visual representation of an organization's structure






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






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






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






33. 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






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






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






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






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






38. The obligation or expectation to perform any assigned duties






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






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






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






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






43. The production of items in continuous processes






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






45. The basis by which jobs are grouped together






46. Creating or changing an organization's structure






47. The production of item in units or small batches






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






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






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







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