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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. The formal arrangement of jobs within an organization






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






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






5. Telecommuting; Compressed workweek; Flextime; Job sharing






6. 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






7. Dividing work activities into separate job tasks






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






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






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






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






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






13. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






20. 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






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






22. The visual representation of an organization's structure






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






24. The production of items in large batches






25. Open innovation; Strategic partnership






26. The production of items in continuous processes






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






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






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






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






31. 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






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






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






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






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






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






37. Virtual organization; Network organization






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






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






40. 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






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






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






43. The obligation or expectation to perform any assigned duties






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






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






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






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






48. Creating or changing an organization's structure






49. The production of item in units or small batches






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