MGT103-chapter 6

Enlightened Minds is a software services firm that uses routine training programs, seminars by eminent developers, and discussion forums to keep employees updated on the recent developments in the software field. Enlightened Minds is an example of a(n) _____.

• learning organization

• team organization

• H-Form organization

• matrix organization

• virtual organization

A _____ organization works to facilitate the lifelong personal development of all of its employees while continually transforming itself to respond to changing demands and needs.

• bureaucratic

• centralized

• hybrid

• learning

• matrix

A virtual organization:

• typically has only a handful of permanent employees.

• typically has a bureaucratic design.

• has an inflexible formal structure.

• typically has a very large staff and administrative headquarters facility.

• has functional departmentalization.

An organization that uses a team organization design:

• has a bureaucratic structure.

• has an inflexible organizational structure.

• has functional teams that perform specific functional tasks.

• relies exclusively on project-type teams.

• provides little scope for teams to develop adaptability.

The _____ design is essentially a holding company that results from unrelated diversification.

• H-form

• U-form

• divisional

• departmental

• M-form

The _____ design is based on two overlapping bases of departmentalization.

• H-form

• matrix

• functional

• divisional

• U-form

The _____ design is based on multiple businesses in related areas operating within a larger organizational framework.

• conglomerate

• divisional

• H-form

• matrix

• functional

Under the _____ arrangement, the members and units in an organization are grouped into functional departments such as marketing and production.

• division form

• Z-form

• H-form

• U-form

• M-form

As an organization passes from one stage of the organizational lifecycle to the next, _____.

• it becomes smaller

• it's coordination demands increase

• it becomes more centralized

• it's structure becomes less mechanistic

• it's control systems become more limited

_____ is a period of stability in an organizational lifecycle, eventually evolving into decline.

• A) Maturity

• B) Birth

• C) Youth

• D) Midlife

• E) Synergy