Exam 14: Foundations of Organisational Structure

We-Train-Em has hired you to develop training materials for its seminars.Your first assignment is to write a training manual that will assist new managers in designing an appropriate structure for their part of an organisation.Included in the manual will be information about the key questions that they must answer in deciding about the best organisational structure. The degree of rules and regulations that direct employees and managers is termed:

The __________ principle helps preserve the concept of an unbroken line of authority.

The basis by which jobs are grouped together is termed:

The __________ is also called the network or modular organisation.

Michael is the owner of a company that specialises in gaming software.The livelihood of the company depends on its ability to create new and innovative games.However,in recent years,customer reviews of the company's products have suggested that the products are lacking in creativity.Michael has decided that the structure is inefficiently designed for innovativeness and he has decided to restructure. Michael should change the structure to a(n):

The structure that creates dual lines of authority and combines functional and product departmentalisation is the:

Work specialisation is closely associated with division of labour.

You have divided the jobs done by your department through work specialisation and are now trying to decide how to best group them for efficiency and service to the customer.You are considering grouping activities by function,product,process or customer. You have decided that since you are a novice at departmentalisation,you will go with the most popular method.You will probably choose ________ departmentalisation.

In order to keep a bureaucratic system running at a reasonable cost,it requires highly talented middle- and lower-level managers.

The degree to which tasks are subdivided into separate jobs is termed:

A primary strength of bureaucracy is its:

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

Which of the following structures has extensive departmentalisation,high formalisation,limited information network,and centralisation?

Which of the following components of organisational structure specifically defines where decisions are made?

In which organisational structure can employees have two competing lines of reporting?

Strategy does NOT impact an organisation's structure.

Describe the three common organisational designs: simple structure,bureaucracy,and matrix structure

Work specialisation is the same as:

The __________ is a flat organisation.

The ________ is most widely practised in small businesses in which the manager and owner are one and the same.