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






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






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






4. The production of items in continuous processes






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






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






7. 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






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






9. The production of items in large batches






10. Open innovation; Strategic partnership






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






12. Telecommuting; Compressed workweek; Flextime; Job sharing






13. 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






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






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






16. The visual representation of an organization's structure






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






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






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






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






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






22. 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






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






24. The obligation or expectation to perform any assigned duties






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. An organizational design that's rigid and tightly controlled






27. The basis by which jobs are grouped together






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






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






30. The formal arrangement of jobs within an organization






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






32. The production of item in units or small batches






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






41. Virtual organization; Network organization






42. Creating or changing an organization's structure






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






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






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






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






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






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






49. 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






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