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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 design that's rigid and tightly controlled






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






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 obligation or expectation to perform any assigned duties






5. The formal arrangement of jobs within an organization






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






7. 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






8. Dividing work activities into separate job tasks






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






10. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






21. Telecommuting; Compressed workweek; Flextime; Job sharing






22. The visual representation of an organization's structure






23. The basis by which jobs are grouped together






24. Virtual organization; Network organization






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






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






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






28. Creating or changing an organization's structure






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






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. The production of items in continuous processes






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






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. The production of items in large batches






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






42. 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






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






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






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






46. The production of item in units or small batches






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






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






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






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