Organizational Structures

Organizational chart is

• a picture on the wall of the business

• a diagrammatic representation of the structure and reporting relationships in the organization

• a chain of command

• determining which which employee will be promoted the next hierarchical position

Hierarchy in the organization represents

• what is for hier

• rank or status

• authority

• who is the boss

Which organizational chart represents direct reporting relationships

• line

• line and staff

• flow

• functional

The following organizational chart shows various employees being able to obtain support from persons other than their superior

• line

• functional

• flow

• line and staff

What type of organizational chart is seen in the image

• line

• flow

• functional

• line and staff

Name the type of organizational chart that is seen in the image

• Line

• Line and staff

• flow

• functional

_____ defines how job tasks are formally divided, grouped, and coordinated.

• Organizational structure

• work speacialization

• Departmentalization

• Organizational behavior

Organizational structure has six key elements. Which of the following is not one of these elements?

• departmentalization

• work specialization

• formalization

• authority

Work specialization is the same as _____.

• a. departmentalization

• b. division of labor

• c. decentralization

• d. job grouping

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