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WorksheetsMGT103-Chapter 6
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 8mins
Which one of the following is NOT one disadvantage of job specialization?
Workers may become bored.
The benefits of specialization may not always occur.
Workers may find the work too challenging with a lot of changes.
Workers may become dissatisfied.
_________ involves systematically moving employees from one job to another.
Job rotation
Job analysis
Job description
Job specialization
_________ increases the total number of tasks workers perform.
Job enrichment
Job rotation
Work group
Job enlargement
In the job characteristics approach, the extent to which the worker does a complete or identifiable portion of the total job is:
task significance
task identity
skill variety
autonomy
In the job characteristics approach, (a) signifies the degree of control the worker has over how the work is performed. (ONE WORD)
The process of grouping of jobs according to some logical arrangement is called:
automation
departmentalization
job analysis
job analysis
(a) is power that has been legitimized by the organization. (ONE WORD)
_________ is the process of systematically retaining power and authority in the hands of higher-level managers.
Centralization
Decentralization
Authorization
Delegation
This image represents which type of interdependence?
Sequential
Pooled
Team
Reciprocal
Many people associate ______ with “red tape,” and rigidity.
decentralization
bureaucracy
democracy
flat organizations
Which one of the following is NOT one characteristics of an ideal bureaucracy?
The organization should adopt a distinct division of labor.
The organization should establish a hierarchy of positions.
Managers should conduct business in an impersonal way.
The organization should be flexible in its rules to ensure adaptability.
This chart represents which type of organization design?
Functional
Conglomerate
Matrix
Hybrid
The divisional organization design is also called:
U-form design
H-form design
M-form design
C-form design
Which one of the following is NOT one reason to use the matrix organization design?
When there is strong pressure from the environment.
When large amounts of information need to be processed.
When there is pressure for shared resources.
When the competing firm uses the same design for their organization.
Which approach to organization design is based loosely on the product form of departmentalization?
Matrix design
Divisional design
Functional design
Conglomerate design
______ can be defined as the total number of full-time or full-time–equivalent employees.
Organizational structure
Organizational life cycle
Organizational size
Organizational design
A mechanistic organization, quite similar to the bureaucratic model, was most frequently found in ______ environments.
stable
unstable
In which form of technology is the product manufactured in assembly line fashion by combining component parts into another part or finished product?
Unit technology
Large-batch techonology
Continuous-process technology
Small-batch technology
Which of the following statements is true regarding bureaucracies?
Bureaucracies have been trying to protect the image of being mechanistic and impersonal.
In today's world, rules and procedures are only a burden and should be abolished if possible.
In a bureaucracy, people typically don't know what rules they are supposed to follow.
In a bureaucracy, making an exception is often difficult.
The degree to which the overall task of the organization is broken down and divided into smaller component parts is called:
job specification
job specialization
job description
job analysis
