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






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






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






4. Virtual organization; Network organization






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






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






7. The formal arrangement of jobs within an organization






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






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






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






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






12. Dividing work activities into separate job tasks






13. Open innovation; Strategic partnership






14. Telecommuting; Compressed workweek; Flextime; Job sharing






15. The basis by which jobs are grouped together






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






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






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






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






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






21. Creating or changing an organization's structure






22. 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






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






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






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






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






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






28. The production of items in continuous processes






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






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






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






32. The production of items in large batches






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






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






35. The obligation or expectation to perform any assigned duties






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






44. 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






45. 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






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






47. 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






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






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






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