Exam 11: Organisational Structure

For much of the first half of the 20th century,managers viewed as an unending source of increased productivity.

John and Alex both work for large organisations.John's organisation is highly departmentalised and everything is fairly formal.All decisions are made at the top of the hierarchy.Alex,on the other hand,works for an organisation that is low in formalisation and composed of numerous cross- functional teams.Employees in this organisation frequently get to make their own decisions. Alex is likely working for:

The bureaucracy is characterised by all of the following except:

The is characterised by a low degree of departmentalisation,wide spans of control,authority centralised in a single person,and little formalisation.

A manufacturing manager who organises the plant by separating engineering,accounting,manufacturing,personnel,and purchasing into departments is practicing departmentalisation.

You are interested in explaining the different types of organisational designs to students of basic management.These students need to know the advantages and disadvantages of each structure as well as the structure's characteristics. The structure that combines functional and product departmentalisation is the:

The matrix structure combines which two forms of departmentalisation?

If there is low formalisation,a comprehensive information network,and high participation in decision making,one would expect a(n):

You have learned about the traditional and new design options for organisational structures.You have decided that one of the designs developed during the last decade or two is probably the most appropriate for your newly formed organisation. You have eliminated horizontal,vertical,and external barriers.You are operating as a:

An innovation strategy works well only for simple change.

Work specialisation and division of labour are the same thing.

The trend in recent years has been toward wider spans of control.

The organic structure is characterised by extensive departmentalisation,high formalisation,a limited information network,and centralisation.

One of the most popular ways to group activities is by:

refers to the degree of instability of an environment.

Which of the following is not part of the organisation's environment?

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

The principle states that a person should have one and only one superior to whom he or she is directly responsible.

Which of the following is not a characteristic of a mechanistic structure?

Discuss innovation strategy,cost- minimisation strategy,and imitation strategy.