Organizational Structure and Design Quiz

What is organizational structure?

• The way jobs are arranged in a company

• The location of a company's office

• The amount of money a company makes

• The number of employees in a company

What does organizational design involve?

• Hiring new employees

• Changing the company's structure

• Selling products

• Buying new equipment

What is work specialization?

• Hiring only part-time workers

• Dividing tasks into separate jobs

• Creating a fun workplace

• Grouping employees by age

What is departmentalization?

• Grouping jobs together

• Increasing salaries

• Firing employees

• Training new workers

What is the chain of command?

• The location of the office

• The number of employees in a department

• Who reports to whom in a company

• The amount of money spent on training

What does span of control refer to?

• The amount of work done in a day

• Number of employees a manager supervises

• The number of products sold

• The size of the office space

What is centralization?

• Creating a fun work environment

• Hiring employees from different places

• Increasing the number of departments

• Decision-making at a single point

What is decentralization?

• Hiring only full-time workers

• Decision-making pushed down to lower managers

• Firing employees

• Increasing the number of meetings

What is a simple structure?

• An organization with no employees

• A very complex organization

• A large number of departments

• Low departmentalization and centralized authority

What is a team structure?

• A structure with no teams

• A structure with only one manager

• Made up of work groups or teams

• Only for part-time workers