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Management 101: Organizational Structure And Design

Subject : business-skills
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Arranging and structuring work to accomplish the organization's goals






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






3. The visual representation of an organization's structure






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






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






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






7. 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






8. The obligation or expectation to perform any assigned duties






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






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






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






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






14. Open innovation; Strategic partnership






15. The basis by which jobs are grouped together






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






17. The production of item in units or small batches






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






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






20. The formal arrangement of jobs within an organization






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






22. 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






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






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






25. Dividing work activities into separate job tasks






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






27. The production of items in continuous processes






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






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






30. Virtual organization; Network organization






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






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






33. 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






34. Creating or changing an organization's structure






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






44. The production of items in large batches






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






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






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






48. 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






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






50. Telecommuting; Compressed workweek; Flextime; Job sharing







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