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