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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. The production of item in units or small batches






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






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






4. The obligation or expectation to perform any assigned duties






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






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






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






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






10. The visual representation of an organization's structure






11. Virtual organization; Network organization






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






13. Dividing work activities into separate job tasks






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






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






16. Open innovation; Strategic partnership






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






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






19. Telecommuting; Compressed workweek; Flextime; Job sharing






20. 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






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






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






23. 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






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






25. Creating or changing an organization's structure






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






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






28. The production of items in continuous processes






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






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






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






32. 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






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






34. 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






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






36. The production of items in large batches






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






38. The formal arrangement of jobs within an organization






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






47. 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






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






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






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