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organizational structure

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

_____ defines how job tasks are formally divided, grouped, and coordinated.

a)

Organizational structure

b)

work speacialization

c)

Departmentalization

d)

Organizational behavior

2.

Organizational structure has six key elements. Which of the following is not one of these elements?

a)

departmentalization

b)

work specialization

c)

formalization

d)

authority

3.

Work specialization is the same as _____.

a)

a. departmentalization

b)

b. division of labor

c)

c. decentralization

d)

d. job grouping

4.

The basis by which jobs are grouped together is termed _____.

a)

bureaucracy

b)

specialization

c)

centralization

d)

departmentalization

5.

Which one of the following is not one of the primary ways to group jobs?

a)

a. skill

b)

b. customer

c)

c. function

d)

d. product

6.

Proctor & Gamble departmentalizes by Tide, Pampers, Charmin, and Pringles. This is an example of departmentalization by _____.

a)

A. function

b)

B. process

c)

C. geography

d)

D. product

7.

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

a)

a. target customer

b)

b. product

c)

c. functional

d)

d. geographic

8.

The unbroken line of authority that extends from the top of the organization to the lowest echelon and clarifies who reports to whom is termed _____.

a)

a. chain of command

b)

b. authority

c)

c. span of control.

d)

d. unity of command

9.

The right inherent in a managerial position to give orders and expect orders to be obeyed is termed _____.

a)

. chain of command

b)

authority

c)

power

d)

unity of command

10.

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

a)

A. span of control

b)

B. unity of command

c)

C. chain of command

d)

D. decentralization principle

11.

In an organization that has high centralization, _____.

a)

the corporate headquarters is located centrally to branch offices

b)

all top level officials are located within the same geographic area

c)

action can be taken more quickly to solve problems

d)

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

12.

The primary characteristics of the _____ structure are that it breaks down departmental barriers and decentralizes decision making to the level of the work team.

a)

a. virtual

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b)

b. team

c)

c. boundaryless

d)

d. organizational

13.

A small, core organization that outsources major business functions is a _____ organization.

a)

a. team

b)

b. virtual

c)

c. boundaryless

d)

d. matrix

14.

The boundaryless organization relies heavily on _____.

a)

a. information technology

b)

b. efficient chains of command

c)

c. the simple structure

d)

d. the matrix structure

15.

26. The more that lower-level personnel provide input or are actually given the discretion to make decisions, the more _____ there is within an organization.

a)

centralization

b)

disempowerment

c)

work specialization

d)

decentralization