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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. The basis by which jobs are grouped together






2. Virtual organization; Network organization






3. 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






4. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






13. The production of item in units or small batches






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






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






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






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






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






19. The obligation or expectation to perform any assigned duties






20. The production of items in continuous processes






21. The production of items in large batches






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






23. Telecommuting; Compressed workweek; Flextime; Job sharing






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






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






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






28. 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






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






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






31. Open innovation; Strategic partnership






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






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






34. 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






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






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






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






38. The visual representation of an organization's structure






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






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






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






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






43. Dividing work activities into separate job tasks






44. 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






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






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






47. The formal arrangement of jobs within an organization






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






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






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