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Characteristics of Organizational Structure

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

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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.

The large number of subordinates reporting to a manager is called as:

Workforce role.

Span of control.

Chain of command.

Hierarchy.

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

Organizational structure

Work speacialization

Departmentalization

Organizational behavior

What is delegation?

Giving authority to junior managers to do a particular task

Passing down full responsibility to subordinates

Ordering workers to do certain jobs

Keeping full control with senior managers

An advantage of delegation is

workers have less work to do

managers can concentrate on more important tasks

managers lose some of their responsibilities

managers can control subordinates more closely

One of the disadvantages of delegation is that

workers are given more authority

there is less control over the work done by staff

managers have more work to do

workers may gain job enrichment

The chain of command in an organisation is

the link that exists between different departments

the method of communication used in the organisation

the line of authority flowing down the organisation

10.

The span of control can be defined as

the number of subordinates directly controled by one manager

the number of departments in a business

the number of managers who report directly to each worker

the number of levels in a firm's hierarchy

11.

One of the benefits of wider spans of control is that

delegation is wanted as many people are heard by the manager

it will lead to a long chain of command

there will be more managers in the organisation

12.

An advantage of a short chain of command is that

the company will gain unlimited liability

managers will have greater bonuses

fringe benefits will become more common

communication between managers and staff will improve

13.

The relationship which shows who reports to whom in an organization is referred to as:

Chain of command

unity of command

span of control

hierarchy

14.

A situation where a subordinate reports to one supervisor is

chain of command

unity of command

span of control

hierarchy

15.

Multiple reporting relationships is a characteristic of which of these structure of organizations?

Function

Division

Matrix

None of the above

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Characteristics of Organizational Structure

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

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