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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. Giving employees more authority (power) to make decisions






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






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






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






5. The production of item in units or small batches






6. 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






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






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






9. The production of items in continuous processes






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






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






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






13. Virtual organization; Network organization






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






21. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






28. The production of items in large batches






29. Creating or changing an organization's structure






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






31. 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






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






33. The formal arrangement of jobs within an organization






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






35. Telecommuting; Compressed workweek; Flextime; Job sharing






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






37. 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






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






39. The visual representation of an organization's structure






40. Open innovation; Strategic partnership






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






42. Dividing work activities into separate job tasks






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






44. 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






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






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






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






48. The obligation or expectation to perform any assigned duties






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






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