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.