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WorksheetsORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
What do you call a system that outlines how certain activities are directed in order to achieve the goals of an organization?
Institutional Structure
Organizational Structure
Educational Organization
Institutional Organization
This is the dimension of organizational structure that create roles for individuals that enable them to specialize in performing a limited number of tasks.
Work Specialization
Departmentalization
Span of Control
Centralization
This means bringing together of individuals into groups so that common or related tasks can be coordinated.
Work Specialization
Departmentalization
Span of Control
Centralization
This is the reporting trail that exists between the upper and lower levels of an organization.
Decentralization
Chain of Command
Span of Control
Formalization
This refers to the number of staff which any manager can directly supervise without becoming inefficient or ineffective.
Decentralization
Chain of Command
Span of Control
Span of Control
_____ defines how job tasks are formally divided, grouped, and coordinated.
Organizational structure
work speacialization
Departmentalization
Organizational behavior
Organizational structure has six key elements. Which of the following is not one of these elements?
departmentalization
work specialization
formalization
authority
Work specialization is the same as _____.
a. departmentalization
b. division of labor
c. decentralization
d. job grouping
A plant manager who organizes the plant by separating engineering, accounting, manufacturing, personnel, and purchasing into departments is practicing _____ departmentalization.
a. target customer
b. product
c. functional
d. 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
An organization is a systematic grouping of individuals brought together to accomplish a goal
True
False
Examples of organizations include:
Business
School
Club
Organization
All of the above
Make up the base level of the pyramid
Supervisors
Top Level Management
Operative Employees
Oversee the work of operative employees and are considered first-level managers.
Top Level Management
Supervisors
Middle Managers
Are responsible for establishing and achieving the goals of a specific department or region set by top management
Supervisors
Middle Managers
None of the above
1. A tall organizational structure would be:
Many levels in hierarchy + wide spans of control.
Few layers in hierarchy + narrow spans of control.
Few levels in hierarchy + wide span of control.
Many levels in hierarchy + narrow span of control.
An advantage of flat organization structure is:
There is a narrow span of control.
Communication is quicker.
There are more opportunities for promotion.
Work responsibilities are clear.
A hierarchical organization is one that has:
A high number of layers of management.
Few managers.
A large number of employees.
Few layers of management.
________________ is the obligation or expectation to perform a duty.
responsibility
authority
span of command
unity of command
organizational chart is the representation of organizational structure
true
false
