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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. An organizational design that's rigid and tightly controlled






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






3. 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






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






5. The visual representation of an organization's structure






6. Dividing work activities into separate job tasks






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






8. Open innovation; Strategic partnership






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






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






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






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






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






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






15. The production of items in continuous processes






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






17. The production of item in units or small batches






18. Virtual organization; Network organization






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






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






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






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






23. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






33. Telecommuting; Compressed workweek; Flextime; Job sharing






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






35. The basis by which jobs are grouped together






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






37. 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






38. The formal arrangement of jobs within an organization






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






40. Creating or changing an organization's structure






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






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






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






44. The production of items in large batches






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






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






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






48. 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






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






50. The obligation or expectation to perform any assigned duties