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






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






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






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. Dividing work activities into separate job tasks






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






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






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






9. The production of item in units or small batches






10. The production of items in large batches






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






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






13. 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






14. Open innovation; Strategic partnership






15. Telecommuting; Compressed workweek; Flextime; Job sharing






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






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






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






19. The obligation or expectation to perform any assigned duties






20. Virtual organization; Network organization






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






22. 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






23. The production of items in continuous processes






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






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






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






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






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






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






30. 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






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






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






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






34. The basis by which jobs are grouped together






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






36. 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






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






38. The visual representation of an organization's structure






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






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






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






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






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






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






45. Creating or changing an organization's structure






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






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






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






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






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