Planning and Organizing

Which of the following would NOT be a part of strategic planning?

• mission

• goals

• strategies

• department work assignments

To be effective, goals should be

• general rather than specific

• slightly higher than can be realistically achieved

• independent from all other goals

• meaningful

One type of financial planning tool is a

• goal

• budget

• standard

• schedule

Guidelines used in making decisions regarding specific, recurring situations are known as

• policies

• procedures

• standards

• goals

The management function responsible for arranging resources and relationships between departments and employees and defining the responsibility each has for accomplishing the job is

• planning

• organizing

• implementing

• controlling

An illustration that shows the structure of an organization and the relationships among workers and divisions of work is

• a schedule

• a strategic plan

• an organization chart

• an operational plan

Companies that have started using work teams and that involve employees in planning and decision making have found that span of control

• must be decreased

• can be increased

• is no longer needed

• is not affected

The organization in which all authority and responsibility can be traced directly from the top executive to the lowest employee level is the

• line organization

• line-and-staff organization

• matrix organization

• decentralized organization

Specialists are available to give advice and assistance to managers in the

• line organization

• line-and-staff organization

• matrix organization

• decentralized organization

A few top managers do all major planning and decision making in a

• line organization

• line-and-staff organization

• centralized organization

• decentralized organization