MGMT201 Quiz 4 Review

What is the primary function of organizing in management?

• Arranging and structuring work

• Making financial decisions

• Hiring new employees

• Setting marketing strategies

Which of the following is NOT a type of departmentalization?

• Hierarchical

• Geographical

• Functional

• Product

What does the term 'chain of command' refer to?

• The marketing chain of suppliers

• The financial reporting structure

• The hierarchy of authority in an organization

• The process of hiring employees

What is meant by 'span of control'?

• The number of employees a manager can effectively manage

• The number of tasks assigned to an employee

• The total number of employees in an organization

• The number of departments in a company

What is centralization in an organization?

• Decision making concentrated at upper levels

• Decision making distributed among all employees

• A flat organizational structure

• A focus on employee empowerment

Which of the following describes employee empowerment?

• Giving employees more authority to make decisions

• Limiting employee decision-making to managers

• Standardizing all employee tasks

• Reducing employee responsibilities

What characterizes a mechanistic organization?

• A decentralized decision-making process

• A focus on employee creativity

• Rigid and tightly controlled structure

• Highly adaptive and flexible structure

What is a virtual organization?

• An organization focused solely on remote work

• A traditional hierarchical organization

• An organization with a small core of full-time employees

• An organization with no employees

What is the definition of a group?

• Two or more interacting individuals working together

• A single individual working independently

• A formal committee with a designated leader

• A collection of unrelated individuals

What is a self-managed team?

• A team that is formed for a specific project

• A team that operates without a leader

• A team that is managed by a single supervisor

• A team that focuses on tasks only