MGMT 300 Exam 2

Advantages of the matrix structure include

-it increases employee participation. -it makes efficient use of human resources. -it works well in a changing environment. -it develops both general and specialist management skills.

Husker corporation has a finance department marketing department and a production department Husker Corporation uses

A functional structure

Unity of command and the scaling principle or both closely related to

Chain of Command

Which is an advantage of the divisional structure?

Concern for customers' needs is high

The MBO approach to planning has been criticized for placing too much emphasis on achieving goals and not enough on the methods used to achieve those goals. Which organizational tool might provide a leader or manager. The best guidance in selecting the most appropriate methods to achieve desired goals.

Core Values

An organization strives for internal efficiency with a BLANK strategy.

Cost Leadership

Destiny is manager of the customer service firm where she oversees five subordinates to help her subordinates, learn more about the different roles within the company destiny regularly assigns them tasks that are not part of their normal routine. This is an example of

Delegation

With a BLANK strategy, the organization at tends to develop innovative products unique to the market.

Differentiation

A vertical structure that emphasizes centralization is appropriate when environmental uncertainty is high centralization is appropriate when environmental uncertainty is high.

False

Which of the following happens as organizations grow?

Managers have to find ways to tie different departments together

With the following typically is NOT considered a staff department.

Manufacturing

global companies often use a BLANK structure to achieve a simultaneous coordination of products across countries.

Matrix

BLANK Goals lead to the attainment of BLANK goals. Which in turn lead to the attainment of BLANK goals.

Operational; Tactical; Strategic

The BLANK delineates the chain of command indicates departmental tasks and how they fit together and provides order in logic for the organization.

Organizational Chart

In Roosevelt Cantor's presentation on innovation. She stated that businesses can become smugly satisfied if they reference what when assessing organizational performance.

Peers

Dana works for a company that has clearly defined lines of authority each employee knows that he or she has authority responsibility for a distinct set of tasks. Employees are also aware of the company's reporting structure as well as success of management levels, all the way to the top Dana's company follows which principal

Scalar Principle

BLANK matches the post conventional stage of personal moral development.

Servant Leadership

Traditionally a span of management of about BLANK has been recommended

Seven

BLANK departments include all those that provides specialized skills in support of BLANK departments.

Staff; Line

Michael is recently assigned to a Committee, whose task is to research new product opportunities. Once this group generates a list of six or seven viable options that will be disbanded. This group is known as a

Task Force

Trevin's subordinates are highly trained and all performance similar tasks Kathleen subordinates are spread over two locations and she has little available in the way of support systems, which of the following statements is most correct

Trevin's span of management can be larger than Kathleen's

EEOC-compliant affirmative action plans apply only to minorities and women, whereas the employment projections afforded by Title VII apply to all employees.

True

The matrix approach can be highly effective in a complex rapidly changing environment in which the organization needs to be flexible and adaptable.

True

Courtney said he works for a large company recently her organization began sub sub contracting most of its major functions two separate companies. So just training engineering and computer service. This approach is consistent with a BLANK structure.

Virtual Network

Which of these best illustrates the Pre-Conventional level of moral development?

What am I going to get from making this decision?

Sapphire is the CEO of a privately held software company in defining corporate level strategies which of the following questions which he most likely be concerned with?

What business are we in?

Which of the following gives employees a small number of tasks to complete on a regular basis.

Work Specialization

he golden rule do unto others as they would do unto you, is

an example of the values that guide the individualism approach to ethical behavior

In times of crisis or risk of company failure or authority should be

centralized at the top

Relative to a flat organizational structure, a tall structure has a BLANK span of management and BLANK higher levels.

narrow; more

Typically, project managers have authority over BLANK, but not over BLANK assigned to it.

the project; people