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A set of people with a common goal.. Is that an organization?

• Yes, a group of people in the same place are always an organization

• No, never

• Yes, it can be if they combine efforts

• Yes, but only if they don't have any kind of dependency

Which of the following IS NOT an important characteristic of an organization?

• Identifiable limits

• Concious coordination

• Independency of the members

• Work over relatively continuous basis

The join effect of the parts is greater than its mere sum is a principle of open systems called...

• Synergy

• Negative Entropy

• Regulation

• Equifinality

"There is no single best way to organize a firm" is a basic statement of the:

• Human relations theory

• Systems theory

• Scientific mangement theory

• Contingengy approach

Which of these ideas IS NOT related to the concept of Organizational Design (OD)?

• OD does not depend on the context

• OD is a dynamic process

• Basic aim of the OD is to achieve efficacy and efficiency

• The object of the OD is the design of the formal structure

The type of adjustment in which we achieve only the consistency of the design parameters with the environment is called...

• Strategic Adjustment

• Global Adjustment

• Organizational design adjustment

• This kind of adjustment doesn't exists

The first stage in the differentiation process:

• Tries to establish the interrelationship among units or jobs

• Tries to divide the work into a number of smaller task

• Tries to create a good organizational climate

• Tries to group tasks creating jobs and departments

One of these ideas is not a characteristic of the INFORMAL organization... Which one is it?

• Can't be represented

• Communication through informal channels

• It arise from spontaneus relationships of employees

• Designed mainly to achieve the objectives of the company

Tasks with a high degree of interdependency, but with a non-sequential task flow, are called:

• Reciprocal tasks

• Sequencial tasks

• Pooled tasks

• Complex tasks

The design parameter that answers the question "How many tasks should belong to a position?" is:

• Planning and control systems

• Training and development

• Liaison devices

• Job specialization