PoB 2nd 9 WKS Bus. Org. Review 2020-21

Which of the following is NOT one of the four basic organizational levels?

• Top Management

• Supervisors

• Middle Managers

• Lower Managers

Which of the following is the correct order of organizational levels?

• Middle managers, supervisors, operative employees, top management

• Operative employees, supervisors, middle managers, top management

• Middle managers, operative employees, supervisors, top management

• Operative employees, middle managers, supervisors, top management

Which of the following types of organizational structures is normally found in a smaller business with fewer employees?

• Informal structure

• Employer-based structure

• Formal structure

• Employee-based structure

__________ 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

An assembly line is an example of __________.

• Chain of command

• Supervision

• Span of control

• Work specialization

Which of the following types of authority can create problems of overlapping authority?

• Functional authority

• Line authority

• Department authority

• Employer authority

A company divides employees into eastern, southern, western and central regions. Which of the following describes such departmentalization?

• Geographic departmentalization

• Product departmentalization

• Target market departmentalization

• Process departmentalization

Which of the following is NOT one of the considerations when selecting a business structure?

• Customers’ demographics

• Size of the business or organization

• Worker skills and responsibilities

• Business purpose

Which of the following types of business structures consists entirely of work groups and teams which perform an organization’s work?

• Productivity structure

• Team-based structure

• Employee-based structure

• Divisional structure

Authority is shared between two supervisors in which of the following types of business structures ?

• Matrix organization

• Employee-based structure

• Divisional structure

• Customer-based structure