Exam 4: Basic Challenges of Organizational Design

________ is an integration mechanism where a specific manager is given responsibility for coordinating with managers from other subunits on behalf of his or her subunit.

Define authority and control.

Formalization is more appropriate in environments that require high levels of mutual adjustment.

What is subunit orientation?

The simplest integrating mechanism is to establish direct contact between people in different subunits.

________ functions allow an organization to adjust to changes in the environment.

According to the study conducted by Tom Burns and G. M. Stalker, an organization functioning in a stable environment should have ________.

Chiselers are employees who ________.

Briefly describe the contingency approach to organizational design.

Standardizing the operations will help an organization in ________.

An advantage of centralization is that it ________.

Which of the following refers to the use of written rules and procedures to standardize operations?

Which of the following is a difference between an integrating role and a liaison role?

How can an organization establish a balance between standardization and mutual adjustment?

Explain the relationship between environmental uncertainty and organizational structure based on the study conducted by Burns and Stalker.

Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of decentralization.

An organizational role is a set of task-related behaviors required of a person by his or her position in an organization.

Organizations are very status conscious in mechanistic structures.

According to contingency theory, in order to manage its environment effectively, an organization should ________.

________ functions manage and improve the efficiency of an organization's conversion processes to create more value.