Exam 9: Organisational Structure and Design

Joan Woodward's study of the relationship between technology and structure is based upon her study of small manufacturing firms in ___________.

Structure is related to the size of the organization, such that larger organizations are more__________ .

The greater the environmental uncertainty, the more an organization needs to become ___________ .

When the span of control , employee performance suffers due to a lack of time, leadership, and support.

Innovators need the efficiency, stability, and tight controls of the mechanistic structure.

Lamia tells Masoud that studies have found that as environmental uncertainty increases,__________ designs tend to be most effective.

The concept that defines the number of subordinates that report to a manager and that indirectly specifies the number of levels of management in an organization, is called__________.

__________refers to the rights inherent to a position that allows a manager to tell subordinates what to do and expect them to do it.

Organizational learning can't take place without__________ .

At their first meeting, Lamia provides copies of a collection of Joan Woodward's essays for Custom Leather's management to read. Lamia believes that Woodward's work may be particularly pertinent in considering Custom Leather's organizational structure, since Woodward believed that the effectiveness of the organization was related to the fit between the firm's ___________ .

In large organizations, the team structure complements what is typically a__________ _ structure.

Twenty years after founding JOC, Jamal decides he is approaching retirement. He wants JOC to develop the capacity to adapt itself and change because each member will take an active role in identifying and resolving work- related issues. Jamal wants the firm to become a ___________ _.

Ismail (Scenario) Ismail graduated from college and was hired by a corporation that manufactured parts for the automotive industry. The employees on the assembly line seemed bored, and their motivation was low. Ismail's employer decided to reorganize, in an attempt to increase productivity. -Ismail is offered a chance to help direct the efforts of some employees assigned to his work group. This is a chance for Ismail to experience __________.

A(n)__________ organization is able to change rapidly as needs require.

Custom Leather's competitors typically produce their couches in large batches. This could best be referred to as what kind of production?

Structure is related to the size of the organization, such that larger organizations tend to have__________ than smaller organizations.

When an organization assigns specialists to groups according to the projects they are working on, this is called a__________ .

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 was asked to represent her cardiac unit as part of a Total Quality Management (TQM) initiative that is aimed at improving the overall quality of care at the hospital. Other departments, such as Cardiology and ER, also have representatives on this team. The TQM team exemplifies__________ .

What is a disadvantage of a team structure?

The degree to which jobs are standardized and guided by rules and procedures is called __________.