MGT 201 UTK Ch 10 Review

This occurs when a manager gives an employee a task and allows the employee to control how the work is done.

Delegation

The machinery that Jason buys is much more efficient than Carl's machinery, so Jason spends idle time waiting for Carl to provide him with wool. (Benefit or drawback)

Drawback

This refers to integrating the work of employees and departments to make the organization more effective as a whole.

Coordination

By selling the old equipment used for each of the five steps, each worker can buy advanced equipment necessary for his unique task. (Benefit or drawback)

Benefit

The amount of time it takes Alex to monitor all the sheep is less than five times as much than it takes him to monitor one-fifth of the sheep. (Benefit or drawback)

Benefit

An organization with this structure has few layers of managers.

Flat structure

This production process is used when companies manufacture large amounts of standardized products.

Mass production

_____ organizations have highly specialized employees and departments that focus on only one type of work

Mechanistic

Companies that violate the scalar principle may find that:

People do not know how authority flows through the company

_____ says that authority must flow in an unbroken line throughout the organization.

Scalar principle

An example would be bringing together people from engineering, sales, and marketing to create a new product. The team disbands after the product is created.

Task force

This is an organic organizational structure in which groups of employees are given high levels of authority to create products, solve problems, and manage the organization.

Team-based structure

_____ says that each employee should have only one manager.

Unity of command

Cisco Systems uses a differentiation strategy. They offer their customers the latest in routers and switches. Cisco products may cost a bit more, but customers believe they are worth every penny. Cisco Systems will be more effective if it has _____ structure.

an organic

An organizational _____ is the visual representation of an organization's structure.

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