Organizational structure design

A plant manager who organizes the plant by separating engineering, accounting, manufacturing, personnel, and purchasing into departments is practicing _____ departmentalization.

• target customer

• product

• functional

• geographic

The _____ refers to the number of subordinates that a manager directs.

• A. span of control

• B. unity of command

• C. chain of command

• D. decentralization principle

In an organization that has high centralization, _____.

• the corporate headquarters is located centrally to branch offices

• all top level officials are located within the same geographic area

• action can be taken more quickly to solve problems

• top managers make all the decisions and lower level managers merely carry out directions

Under ________________ employees are more decentralization and informal communication.

• Simple structure

• Team structure

• Functional structure

• Matrix and project structure

In a matrix structure, a group member will typically report to ________.

• no one

• a project manager only

• a functional department head only

• both a project manager and functional department head

Virtual organizations:

(Select all the correct responses)

• Combine two forms of departmentalisation, functional and product.

• Are typically a small, core organizations that outsources major business functions.

• Highly empower employees with fully decentralization

• Have limitless spans of control and replace departments with empowered teams.

Work specialization is the same as _____.

• a. departmentalization

• b. division of work

• c. decentralization

• d. job grouping

B4 Hotels’ staffs normally face with the different problem from different types of customer and employee must response to customers’ immediately. Managers of this hotel should design the organization as:

• organic design

• network design

• mechanistic design

• centralization design

Manufacturers which produce standardized and huge production that have low environmental uncertainty should shape the organization as ___________________ structure and ___________________ design.

• vertical; organic

• horizontal; organic

• horizontal; mechanistic

• vertical, mechanistic

What is the benefit of agile team?

• Members have high expertise in market.

• Increase economy of scale

• Encourage creativity in all level

• Support to work with alliances