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A regional marketing structure allows organizations to customize products to meet the needs of customers in different world regions.

FALSE

In environments like those surrounding high-tech industries, companies are more likely to prefer a high level of centralization.

FALSE

A company that produces televisions decides to expand its operations and produce toys as well. As the company further grows, it also begins to produce office furniture. Assume that this company is organized with a functional structure. What is the MOST LIKELY consequence of this extensive growth?

Sales staff will be less prepared to help their customers.

A virtual organization does not require face-to-face interaction because employees are linked to centralized databases by computers, faxes, and videoconferencing.

TRUE

As an organization grows, and its activities become more diverse and complex, a functional structure may no longer allow it to coordinate its activities effectively.

TRUE

Information technology (IT) increases communication and coordination and promotes mutual adjustment among teams, functions, and divisions.

TRUE

Organizations can develop performance programs to standardize their inputs, their conversion process, and their outputs.

TRUE

In a ________, fewer managers are needed because their role is not to make decisions; instead, they act as coaches or facilitators and help other employees make decisions.

decentralized organization

A clearly defined hierarchy of authority, along with an extensive body of rules and regulations, will be LEAST effective when ________.

decisions must be made quickly

If an organization adopts a ________, then it locates different divisions in each of the world regions in which it operates.

global geographic structure

A company uses mass production to manufacture toilet paper. The organization MOST LIKELY ________.

has a mechanistic structure

A company that is centralized and has high formalization MOST LIKELY has a(n) ________ structure.

mechanistic

The principle of the ________ states that an organization should operate with the fewest levels possible.

minimum chain of command

A company operating within a ________ focuses on one functional activity in which it excels, such as research and development, and then outsources the rest of its other functional activities to other companies.

network structure

A(n)________ is designed to promote flexibility so that employees can initiate change and adapt quickly to changing conditions.

organic structure

In a(n)________, employees working in empowered teams assume the responsibility to make decisions as organizational needs dictate.

organic structure