Exam 7: Organizing for Success

Prior to going on vacation for two weeks, Dan Roberts, Division Manager, assembled his management team and said, "In my absence, Marisa will serve as acting Division Manager. I know that all of you department managers will give Marisa your full support." Afterwards, in a one-on-one meeting with Marisa, Dan told her that he was giving her all that she needed to manage in his absence, EXCEPT for

________ is the expectation that employees will perform a job, take corrective action when necessary, and report upward on the status and quality of their performance.

In the context of strategies to improve organizational agility, what should be the focus of managers who want to strengthen their firms' competitiveness?

Ten employees work under the supervision of Viv, a manager at a branch of Mental Delights Spa. Viv reports directly to the owner of Mental Delights Spa; therefore, in the context of span of control, Mental Delights Spa is a tall organization.

A characteristic feature of matrix organizations is that

Define and discuss simultaneous engineering.

An employee who has ________ is supposed to carry out specified tasks.

Diane, CEO of Hammer Corporation, tells her executive management team that the company must become more agile to stay competitive. She says, "We have several options to improve our agility, a couple that we have already started to implement: creating strategic alliances and becoming more of a learning and a high-involvement organization. But, most importantly, I believe that we need to organize around our ________."

The organization chart depicts the

In ________, new or additional responsibilities to a subordinate are assigned.

Barney is a recently promoted manager at FoodPrince, winning the position over his former peers. His peers do not see Barney as their supervisor; they continue to think of him and treat him as a peer. As a result, Barney is having to rely more on ________ to get his work done and to manage his staff.

________ is a way of managing in which everyone is committed to continuous improvement of his or her part of the operation.

Mateo meets with his group leader, Alex, and says, "Alex, I have conflicting direction from several managers. Milton wants me in the field next week across town. Julie wants me in the field next week out of state. And I know that you would like me to work next week in the office." Alex says, "Mateo, we will solve this problem through communications and prioritization. We work for a ________ organization and having dual or even more lines of command can be confusing."

Which of the following is true of effective delegation?

In general, coordination methods within an organization include standardization, plans, and mutual adjustment.

In the context of organizational integration, ________ refers to a situation when interdependent units create deadlines and objectives that contribute to a common goal.

A disadvantage of the traditional functional approach to departmentalization is that

Pamela recently accepted a job with a reputed bank as an internal auditor. Her new company had strictly defined job responsibilities and lines of communication. For every decision she needed to make, approval had to be obtained from upper management. Overall, she found the atmosphere to be quite formal. Pamela's organization has a

An advantage of functional departmentalization is that

Subdividing an organization into smaller units in a horizontal structure is