MGMT 3310 Chapter 10
Authority must be
All of these choices
All of the following are advantages of a functional structure except
Excellent coordination between functions
Which of the following structures works best in an uncertain environment?
Horizontal structure
A formal chain of command for both functional and divisional relationships is provided by which of the following approaches to structure?
Matrix
Which of the following organizations has the flattest structure?
Organization B with three hierarchical levels
The visual representation of an organization's structure is called the
Organization chart
Which of the following delineates the chain of command, indicates departmental tasks and how they fit together, and provides order and logic for the organization?
Organizational chart
Which of the following refers to the deployment of organizational resources to achieve strategic goals?
Organizing
Which of the following is the duty to perform the task or activity an employee has been assigned?
Responsibility
Which of the following refers to a clearly defined line of authority in the organization that includes all employees?
Scalar principle
Traditionally, what span of management has been recommended?
Seven
Firms produce goods in batches of one or a few products designed to customer specification in a
Small batch production
Which of the following refers to the number of employees reporting to a supervisor?
Span of management
Myah was 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, it will be disbanded. This group is also known as a
Task force
Which of the following is a temporary team designed to solve a short-term problem involving several departments?
Task force
A task force is
Temporary committee formed to solve a specific problem
The matrix structure violates which of the following principles of management?
Unity of command
Division of labor is also known as
Work specialization
Relative to a flat organizational structure, a tall structure has a
narrow span of management and more hierarchical levels.
Coordination is required when the organization has a
All of these choices
Which of the following is the formal and legitimate right of a manager to make decisions, issue orders, and allocate resources to achieve organizationally desired outcomes?
Authority
Decision authority is located near the top of the organization with
Centralization
In times of crisis or risk of company failure, authority may be
Centralized at the top
Jacob was recently looking at his company's organization chart in an attempt to discover who reports to whom. Jacob is studying his organization's
Chain of command
Which of the following is an unbroken line of authority that links all persons in an organization and shows who reports to whom?
Chain of command
An organization strives for internal efficiency with a(n)
Cost leadership strategy
Change and uncertainty in the environment are usually associated with
Decentralization
Decision authority is pushed downward to lower organization levels with
Decentralization
Which of the following is the process managers use to transfer authority and responsibility to positions below them in the hierarchy?
Delegation
Which of the following involves combining individual jobs into work groups and combining work groups to make up the total organization?
Departmentalization
Which of the following is also referred to as work specialization?
Division of labor
Laila works in the manufacturing department at Ice Sculptures. The work in Laila's department is low in division of labor. As a result, Laila
Does a variety of tasks and activities
Which of the following structures is the grouping of positions into departments based on similar skills, expertise, and resource use?
Functional
All functions in a specific country or region report to the same division manager in
Geographic-based divisions
Strategy defines what to do, and organizing defines
How to do it
Kevin's subordinates are highly trained and all perform similar tasks. Nicole's 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?
Kevin's span of management can be larger than Nicole's
Which department performs tasks that reflect the organization's primary goals and mission?
Line
Which of the following means that people in management positions have formal authority to direct and control immediate subordinates?
Line authority
Which of the following typically is not considered a staff department?
Manufacturing
Swift Move Facilities manufacturers two different bicycle models. The company produces a high volume of products using standardized production runs. The company does very little product customization. Swift Move uses what type of technology structure?
Mass production
Which of the following statements is true regarding project managers?
Project managers have authority over the project but not over the people assigned to it.
Which of the following is the radical redesign of business processes to achieve dramatic improvements in cost, quality, service, and speed?
Reengineering
Centralization means that decision authority is located near the
Top of the organization
Mondavi Corporation has a finance department, a marketing department, and a production department. Mondavi
Uses a functional structure
Which structure is most appropriate when the environment is stable?
Vertical
How does managerial authority flow through the organizational hierarchy?
Vertically
In which structure does the firm subcontract many of its major functions to separate companies and coordinate their activities from a small headquarters organization?
Virtual network
The organization is viewed as a central hub surrounded by a network of outside specialists that are sometimes spread all over the world in the
Virtual network structure
Coordination is defined as
the managerial task of adjusting and synchronizing diverse activities among different individuals and departments
