Exam 11: Organizational Structure

_________ is simply obtaining work previously done by employees inside the companies from sources outside the company.

Most businesses in this country and around the world are:

________ was popularized by Hammer and Champy and is one of the more popular methods by which organizations worldwide have been undergoing restructuring efforts to remain competitive in the twenty-first century.

One outcome of downsizing is increased _______ at operating levels of the company.This is allowing work groups or teams to supervise and administer their work without a direct supervisor exercising the supervisory role.

A _______ is one in which a set of relatively autonomous units are governed by a central corporate office but where each operation has its own functional specialists who provide products or services that are different from those of other operations.

The strategic challenge presented by the functional structure is _____________ of the functional units.

_______ exist between different physical locations,countries or regions of the world and between cultures.

A ______ is used to temporarily put people and resources where they are most needed.

Functional structures predominate in firms with:

The division,in a divisional structure is usually ________,which facilitates accurate assessment of profit and loss.

______ is an organization structured around the idea of sharing knowledge,seeking knowledge and creating opportunities to create new knowledge.

The matrix structure:

Major efforts to improve traditional organizational structures seek to _______ and _______.One key emphasis in large organizations is to redefine the role of corporate headquarters.

The narrow technical expertise achieved through __________ can lead to limited perspectives in the priorities of the functional units.

______ is eliminating the number of employees,particularly middle management,in a company.

Strategic alliances have several advantages for firms seeking agile,responsive organizational structures.Which of the following is NOT an advantage of such an arrangement?

_______ is defined as a temporary network of independent companies linked primarily by information technology to share skills,access to markets and costs.

The temporary nature of the product-team structure's teams results in:

__________ is used in a simple structure.

The ________ has the potential disadvantage of increased costs of coordination with another "pricy" level of management.