Managerial Considerations in Organizing

Amy is a manager at an advertising agency. She spends much of her time delegating and coordinating work among her employees. This is an example of what function of management?

• Controlling

• Planning

• Organizing

• Leading

The organizing function of management is important to a business because it

• motivates employees to achieve goals.

• ensures efficient performance levels.

• encourages creativity and problem solving.

• defines workplace roles and relationships.

Which of the following is a benefit of organizing:

• Increased number of communication channels

• Decreased cohesion across departments

• Tracking, accountability, and growth

• Competitive, challenging goals and objectives

What might happen if a business’s managers do not put any time and effort into organizing?

• Reduced productivity

• An improved reputation

• Increased communication

• More time spent planning

Which of the following describes a divisional organizational structure:

• Perkins Pottery has creative, production, operations, and sales departments.

• AJK Corporation has a CEO, followed by six vice presidents that manage the company’s product lines.

• Tom’s company contracts him out to take on various projects.

• A photography business only has three employees: the photographer, assistant, and salesperson.

Nadia gives her assistant permission to accept or deny meeting requests for her. Nadia is

• evaluating results.

• allocating resources.

• delegating authority.

• coordinating activities.

Caitlin is the manager for a busy accounting department and has decided not to replace the payroll specialist who recently resigned. She wants Martin, who currently handles the firm's accounts receivable, and David, the accounts payable clerk, to jointly take over the payroll-processing responsibilities. She also wants her assistant, Fiona, to take over some of Martin's and David's current tasks. What organizing activity is Caitlin performing?

• Training employees

• Establishing goals

• Providing feedback

• Reallocating resources

Coordinating business activities is an important aspect of the organizing function of management because it

• establishes clear relationships among the company's resources.

• enables the business to prepare precise forecasts.

• defines the company's mission statement.

• ensures that the employees understand all the business's activities.

What is a question that a manager might ask when evaluating the effectiveness of organizing processes?

• Why are sales decreasing?

• Should the company be restructured?

• What should next quarter’s goals be?

• Whom should we hire?

A small organization might need a(n) __________, whereas a large company might need a __________.

• narrow span of control; wide span of control

• specialized work force; divided labor force

• informal organizational structure; formalized, complex structure

• unified chain of command; scalar chain of command