Business 105 Chapter 8 KDG

wide

A supervisor of an assembly line has 45 employees that report to her; this would be considered a(n) ______ span of control.

organization

A system of consciously coordinated activities or forces of two or more people is known as a(n)

culture

Among the functions of organizational ________ are that it gives members an organizational identity and it promotes social-system stability.

matrix

An organization that contains two command structures, and in which some people actually report to two bosses, is a ______ structure.

hierarchy of authority

An organization's ______ is a control mechanism for making sure the right people do the right things at the right time.

bureaucratic

As an organization goes through the stages of the life cycle, it becomes more

Basic assumptions

Hard-working people at insurance giant AIG joked that "thank heavens it's Friday because that means there are only two more working days until Monday." This is characteristic of which layer of organizational culture?

boundaryless

Hollow, modular, and virtual structures lead to a ________ organization

modular

In a ______ structure, a firm assembles portions of product provided by outside contractors.

Youth

In what stage of the organizational life cycle does a firm increase its hiring, create some division of labor, and begin setting rules?

Strong

In which type of culture do employees adhere to the organization's values because they believe in its purpose?

differentiation

Technical specialization and division of labor in an organization lead to ________ in an organization.

rites and rituals.

The activities and ceremonies, planned and unplanned, that celebrate important occasions and accomplishments in the organization's life are known as

division of labor

The arrangement of having discrete parts of a task done by different people is called an organization's

narrow

When managers must be closely involved with their subordinates, they should have a ______ span of control.

Trade association

Which of the following can be classified as a mutual-benefit organization?

Adaptive perspective

Which of the following cultural perspectives leads to the highest long-term financial performance?

Centralized authority.

Which of the following is a characteristic of a simple structure?

Greater flexibility

Which of the following is a consequence of decentralized authority?

Using a teaching process

Which of the following is the way culture becomes embedded in an organization?

hollow

With a ______ structure, the organization has a central core of key functions and outsources others to vendors who can do them cheaper or faster.

Espoused

______ values are the explicitly stated values and norms preferred by an organization.

Product divisions

_______ group activities around similar products or services.

mechanistic organization

tasks and rules are clearly specified

In an organic organization

the need to respond to unexpected tasks is common.