Exam 12: Implementing Strategy Through Organization

Organization architecture is the interaction of structure,controls & incentives,people,processes,and culture within the organization.

Flat organizational structures are characterized by:

Control through culture is ineffective because employees do not internalize values.

The degree to which a company specifies how decisions are to be made so that employees' behavior becomes predictable is referred to as:?

A drawback of the functional structure is:?

Span of control refers to the number of subordinates who report directly to one supervisor.

An important purpose of control systems is to motivate employees to work toward increasing efficiency,quality,innovation,and responsiveness to customers.

In a firm with a multidivisional structure,corporate managers oversee the actions of divisional managers.

To build capabilities in organizational design that would allow a company to develop a competitive advantage,strategic managers must start at the functional level.

The reward system affects motivation; however,the type of organizational culture that develops in a company is primarily affected by the founder's values and not the reward system.

To reduce costs,companies pursuing a cost leadership strategy prefer to use _____ to closely monitor and evaluate functional performance.?

A division is a way of grouping functions to allow an organization to better produce and dispose of its goods and services.

In a successful company,the purpose of a control system is to:

Companies that are innovative and able to deal with environmental change with new strategies and structures probably have:

If a firm's leaders are using a functional structure but feel it is becoming too complex as the company grows in size,the leaders can turn to:

Which of the following advantages does a functional organizational structure offer a company?

The term used to describe how people learn an organization's culture and way of behaving in the organization is:

The purpose of organizational structure is to provide managers with specific feedback on how well an organization and its members are performing. ?

Silica Dustcloud Inc.plans to change its organization structure from a market structure to a functional structure and create separate divisions.This change will better serve its different groups of customers.

When companies become too tall and the chain of command too long,strategic managers tend to lose control over the hierarchy and,subsequently,their strategies.