MAN 1107 SLO CH 8

HipHop Music Company assigns workers to departments based on similar skills. Currently, the company has a marketing department, a production department, a finance department, and a human resources department. This suggests that HipHop departmentalizes by:

• function
• process
• tradition
• user group

Dividing tasks into smaller jobs is called:

• division of authority
• departmentalization
• enrichment
• specialization

________ refers to the process of dividing organizational functions (sales, production, accounting/bookkeeping) into separate units.

• Departmentalization
• Coordination
• A chain of command
• Empowerment

An organization with only a few layers of management is known as a(n):

• coordinated organization
• leveraged organization
• tall organization
• flat organization

Springfield National Bank organizes its loan operations based on the market served, such as consumer, small business, and nonprofit organizations. Departmentalization based on ________ allows Springfield to better serve borrowers with different needs.

• function
• geography
• customer group
• process

In a(n) _____________ organization, decision-making authority is concentrated at the top level of management.

• bottom-up
• centralized
• decentralized
• inverted