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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 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






2. Creating or changing an organization's structure






3. The production of item in units or small batches






4. The visual representation of an organization's structure






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






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






7. The production of items in continuous processes






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






9. The formal arrangement of jobs within an organization






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






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






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






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






14. Virtual organization; Network organization






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






26. The obligation or expectation to perform any assigned duties






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






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






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






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






31. The production of items in large batches






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






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






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






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






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






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






38. Telecommuting; Compressed workweek; Flextime; Job sharing






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






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






41. Dividing work activities into separate job tasks






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






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






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






45. Open innovation; Strategic partnership






46. 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






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






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






50. 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