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WorksheetsManagement Organization Chap 4
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 20mins
Which of the following best defines organizing in management?
Arranging resources to achieve goals
Hiring new employees
Creating a marketing plan
Motivating workers
Which is NOT part of the importance of organizing?
Identification of organizational activities
Classifying authority
Random decision-making
Coordination of authority and responsibility
The first step in the organizing process is:
Grouping members
Determining tasks and defining jobs
Coordinating resources
Monitoring and feedback
Determining the locus of decision-making refers to:
Finding out who makes decisions
Assigning daily tasks
Setting goals
Designing products
Grouping organizational members is:
A leadership process
A step in the organizing process
A communication method
A financial strategy
Coordinating resources ensures:
Conflicts between employees
Effective use of resources
More paperwork
Less authority
Monitoring and feedback is important because it:
Reduces salaries
Ensures improvement
Increases hierarchy
Removes structure
A formal organization is characterized by:
Casual meetings
Well-defined jobs and authority
Spontaneous groups
Informal chats
An informal organization forms based on:
Written policies
Social and personal relationships
Official memos
Government rules
Which type of organization has clearly defined authority and responsibility?
Formal
Informal
Flexible
Social
Which type of organization originates spontaneously within the formal setup?
Formal
Informal
Functional
Centralized
Informal organizations are mainly based on:
Written contracts
Personal relationships
Job descriptions
Legal structures
The chart and chain of command shows:
Sales reports
Flow of authority
Customer feedback
Budget
Span of control refers to:
Number of subordinates a manager supervises
Geographical area served
Product range
Delegation method
Delegation means:
Assigning tasks to subordinates
Firing employees
Centralizing decisions
Recruitment
Centralization means:
Decisions made at top levels
Decisions spread across levels
No authority
Random authority
Decentralization means:
All decisions at top level
Decisions shared at different levels
No structure
Single manager
Functional departmentalization groups activities according to:
Functions
Products
Customers
Locations
Divisional departmentalization means:
Grouping by functions
Autonomous business units
Mixing departments
Flat structure
Product departmentalization is based on:
Products or services
Locations
Processes
Customers
Customer departmentalization groups activities based on:
Customer needs
Product quality
Geographical area
Production line
Process departmentalization groups activities according to:
Production processes
Customer type
Department size
Function
Geographical departmentalization is based on:
Regions served
Customer feedback
Functions
Products
Matrix departmentalization involves:
Two or more managers
One manager only
No managers
Flat structure
In a matrix structure, an employee reports to:
Only the CEO
Two or more managers
HR manager
No one
Which departmentalization is best for organizations serving multiple regions?
Process
Geographical
Product
Customer
Which departmentalization is best for manufacturing processes?
Customer
Product
Process
Matrix
Organizational structure helps to understand:
Relationships and coordination
Employee salaries
Sales reports
Stock prices
The choice of organizational structure depends on:
Nature, specialization, and decision hierarchy
Employee birthdays
CEO's preference
Market price
Which structure combines functional and project managers?
Matrix
Divisional
Geographical
Process
A pattern of structural development occurs when:
The organization grows
Sales drop
Employees leave
CEO retires
Decision-making hierarchy is influenced by:
Nature of organization
Employee hobbies
Office design
Marketing
Which of the following is NOT a type of departmentalization?
Functional
Product
Random
Geographical
In centralization, authority is concentrated at:
Lower levels
Middle levels
Top levels
All levels equally
In decentralization, authority is:
At top level only
Spread across levels
Non-existent
At one department
Which is an example of product departmentalization?
Separate units for electronics and furniture
One team for all tasks
Dividing by customer age
Organizing by region
True or False: Informal organizations can influence formal organizations.
True
False
Depends on size
Never
True or False: Delegation removes all authority from a manager.
True
False
Sometimes
Depends on structure
True or False: Centralization keeps decision-making at higher levels.
True
False
Sometimes
Never
True or False: Functional departmentalization is based on customer needs.
True
False
Sometimes
Depends
