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






3. 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






4. 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






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






6. The production of items in large batches






7. Telecommuting; Compressed workweek; Flextime; Job sharing






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






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






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






11. The obligation or expectation to perform any assigned duties






12. The visual representation of an organization's structure






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






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






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






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






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






18. The formal arrangement of jobs within an organization






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






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






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






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






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






24. Dividing work activities into separate job tasks






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






26. Virtual organization; Network organization






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






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






29. The production of items in continuous processes






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






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






32. Open innovation; Strategic partnership






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






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






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






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






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






38. The production of item in units or small batches






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






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






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






42. 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






43. Creating or changing an organization's structure






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






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






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






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






48. 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






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






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