Week 8 Assignment
W8 Self-Check Quiz
Question 1The formal structures of organizations may be shown in a (n) ____.
Environmental diagram | ||
Organization chart | ||
Horizontal diagram | ||
Matrix depiction | ||
Labor assignment chart |
A major distinction between line and staff units concerns:
The amount of resources each is allowed to utilize | ||
Linkage of their jobs to the goals of the firm | ||
The amount of education or training they possess | ||
Their use of computer information systems | ||
Their linkage to the outside world |
Control involves all but ____.
Measuring results | ||
Measuring results | ||
Taking corrective action | ||
Comparing results with goals | ||
Selecting manpower |
Grouping individuals and resources in the organization around products, services, clients, territories, or legal entities is an example of ___________ specialization.
Divisional | ||
Functional | ||
Matrix | ||
Mixed form | ||
Outsourced |
Grouping resources into departments by skill, knowledge, and action is the______ pattern.
Functional | ||
Divisional | ||
Vertical | ||
Means end chains | ||
Matrix |
A matrix structure ______.
Reinforces unity of command | ||
Is inexpensive | ||
Is easy to explain to employees | ||
Gives some employees two bosses | ||
Yields a minimum of organizational politics |
Compared to the machine bureaucracy (mechanistic type), the professional bureaucracy (organic type) _________________________ .
Is more efficient for routine operations | ||
Has more vertical specialization and control | ||
Is larger | ||
Has more horizontal specialization and coordination mechanism | ||
Is smaller |
Environmental complexity ____.
Refers to the set of alliances formed by senior management | ||
Refers to the overall level of problems and opportunities stemming from munificence, interdependence, and volatility | ||
Is restricted to the general environment of organizations | ||
Is restricted to other organizations with which an organization must interact in order to obtain inputs and dispose of outputs |
____is grouping individuals by skill, knowledge, and action yields.
Divisional departmentation | ||
Functional departmentation | ||
Hybrid structuration | ||
Matrix departmentation |
The division of labor through the formation of work units or groups within an organization is called _____.
Control | ||
Horizontal specialization | ||
Vertical specialization | ||
Coordination |
____is the set of mechanisms used in an organization to link the actions of its subunits into a consistent pattern.
Departmentation | ||
Coordination | ||
Control | ||
Formal authority |
The design of the organization needs to be adjusted to all but ______.
The environment of the firm | ||
The strategy of the firm | ||
The size of the firm | ||
The operations and information technology of the firm | ||
The personnel to be hired by the firm |
Regarding the organizational design for a small firm compared to a large firm:
They are almost the same | ||
They are fundamentally different | ||
A large firm is just a larger version of a small one | ||
The small firm has more opportunity to use information technology |
Adhocracies tend to favor ______.
Vertical specialization and control | ||
Horizontal specialization and coordination | ||
Extensive centralization | ||
A rigid strategy |
Which of the following is an accurate statement about an adhocracy?
The design facilitates information exchange and learning | ||
There are many rules and policies | ||
Use of IT is always minimal | ||
IT handles routine problems efficiently | ||
IT is quite common in older industries |