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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 obligation or expectation to perform any assigned duties






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






3. The formal arrangement of jobs within an organization






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






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






6. Open innovation; Strategic partnership






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






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






9. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






17. Telecommuting; Compressed workweek; Flextime; Job sharing






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






19. The visual representation of an organization's structure






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






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






22. 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






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






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






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






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






27. 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






28. Virtual organization; Network organization






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






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






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






32. Dividing work activities into separate job tasks






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






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






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






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






37. The basis by which jobs are grouped together






38. Creating or changing an organization's structure






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






40. 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






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






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






43. 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






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






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






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






47. The production of items in continuous processes






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






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






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