TACKLE YOUR BRAIN TOPIC 4 BBPP1103

Which factor does not influence the structure of an organisation?

• Technology

• Organisational strategy

• Type of products and services produced

• Organisation size

What type of departmentalisation coordinates the work and employees in different units based on product and services?

• Product

• Functional

• Geographic

• Virtual

The additional number of tasks in a work activity that is carried out by employees is known as

• Job rotation

• Job enlargement

• Job enrichment

• Job specialisation

What is TRUE regarding consumer departmentalisation?

• Creates duplication of work

• Establishes departmentalisation based on functions

• Increases distribution cost of resources

• Coordination between departments is easier

This type of organisation outsources its business activities to other organisations, supplier, experts or consultants. What type of organisational structure does the above refer to?

• Modular

• Virtual

• Borderless

• Matrix

Large organisations have organisational structures that have atendency specialise jobs towards specialising and reducing standardisation and centralisation

• TRUE

• FALSE

Matrix departmentalisation is a type of structure that consists of two or more types of departmentalisation

• TRUE

• FALSE

Chain of command explains the flow of authority in an organisation

• TRUE

• FALSE

Henri Fayol believed that organisational structures that are vertical will have a span of control that is restricted

• TRUE

• FALSE

An employee is transferred from one work area to another work area. This situation is called job enrichment.

• TRUE

• FALSE