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






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






3. Telecommuting; Compressed workweek; Flextime; Job sharing






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






5. 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






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






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






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






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






10. 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






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






12. 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






13. Open innovation; Strategic partnership






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






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






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






17. Virtual organization; Network organization






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






19. The basis by which jobs are grouped together






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






21. The production of items in large batches






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






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






24. The production of item in units or small batches






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






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






27. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






34. The obligation or expectation to perform any assigned duties






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






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






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






38. The visual representation of an organization's structure






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






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






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






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






43. Dividing work activities into separate job tasks






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






45. Creating or changing an organization's structure






46. The production of items in continuous processes






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






48. 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






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






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