Exam 9: Organisational Structure and Design

Black Gold (Scenario) Jamal Oil Corporation (JOC) began as a relatively small oil company. However, through the years it has grown to become an international corporation. -Jamal decided to purchase an oil drilling supply company, located in a new country. The purchase of this company was classified as a related diversification, but distance and the new product line suggested that this newly purchased organization continued to be operated as a separate company. In beginning a new phase in the history of Jamal Oil Corporation, a __________structure should be implemented to allow the company to continue to grow.

A matrix structure mixes characteristics of functional departmentalization and __________.

Organizations that work like efficient, well- oiled machines are described as __________.

Researchers have concluded that the structures and strategies of organizations worldwide are and the behavior within them is __________.

The strength of the functional structure is that it focuses on results.

In Joan Woodward's study of the relationship between technology and structure, the structure that was the most technically complex was__________ .

Black Gold (Scenario) Jamal Oil Corporation (JOC) began as a relatively small oil company. However, through the years it has grown to become an international corporation. -To deal with the workload in an effective manner,JOC's executive management group assigns specialists from the different functional departments to work on one or more work groups that are led by project managers. This popular contemporary design is called a(n) __________structure.

On what basis are jobs grouped in order to accomplish organizational goals?

describe matrix and project structures. What are the advantages and disadvantages of these structures?

General Hospital (Scenario) Maha is a registered nurse in charge of a new unit at her hospital. She would like to have a more laid back approach in dealing with her new staff, but the hospital demands that there be strict hierarchical levels and that all decisions must be signed off by Maha. Sometimes this drives Maha crazy-the constant filling out of forms, and so forth. She also feels that the numerous levels of hierarchy are unnecessary and place barriers between herself and her staff. She isn't sure why things have to be so "organized" and is thinking about speaking with her boss in an attempt to change her unit so that it has more flexibility and fewer rules. -Maha is very concerned about the formal framework by which job tasks within her nursing unit are divided, grouped, and coordinated within her unit. This framework is known as the unit's __________.

Which of the following would likely be found in mechanistic organizations?

A(n)__________ organization is rigidly controlled and efficient.

list six factors that influence the amount of centralization (or decentralization) in an organization.

All other things being equal, as the span of control grows wider or larger, organizational design becomes more __________.

A ___________ structure is an advanced version of the matrix organization, where employees continuously work on assignments that are oriented to completion of a task.

A ___________ organization is a small core organization that outsources major business functions such as manufacturing, allowing the firm to concentrate on its core competencies.

list the three traditional organizational designs. Describe the characteristics that are commonly associated with each.

A ___________ _ design is not limited to horizontal, vertical, or external boundary imposed by a conventional structure.

As a type of technology,__________ centers on large- batch production and requires moderate levels of complexity and sophistication.

Project structures tend to be rigid and inflexible organizational designs.