Organizational Structure of a Business

__________ is the principle in which an employee should have only one supervisor to whom he or she is responsible.

• Supervision

• Span of control

• Chain of command

• Work specialization

What do you call a system that outlines how certain activities are directed in order to achieve the goals of an organization?

• Institutional Structure

• Organizational Structure

• Educational Organization

• Institutional Organization

This is the dimension of organizational structure that create roles for individuals that enable them to specialize in performing a limited number of tasks.

• Work Specialization

• Departmentalization

• Span of Control

• Centralization

This is the reporting trail that exists between the upper and lower levels of an organization.

• Decentralization

• Chain of Command

• Span of Control

• Formalization

A plant manager who organizes the plant by separating engineering, accounting, manufacturing, personnel, and purchasing into departments is practicing _____ departmentalization.

• a. target customer

• b. product

• c. functional

• d. geographic

The _____ refers to the number of subordinates that a manager directs.

• A. span of control

• B. unity of command

• C. chain of command

• D. decentralization principle

Make up the base level of the pyramid

• Supervisors

• Top Level Management

• Operative Employees

Are responsible for establishing and achieving the goals of a specific department or region set by top management

• Supervisors

• Middle Managers

• None of the above

organizational chart is the representation of organizational structure

• true

• false

Examples of organizations include:

• Business

• School

• Club

• Organization

• All of the above