Exam 9: Executing Strategy Through Organizational Design

Which of the following refers to a process wherein managers and employees work together to create goals?

_____ control is often used heavily in settings where creativity is vital.

Which of the following components of an organizational chart ties supervisors and subordinates together?

_____ refer to unofficial relationships such as personal friendships, rivalries, and politics.

Behavioral control focuses on controlling the actions that ultimately lead to results.

Employees at Pinetree Publications, a book publishing firm based in New York, are divided into departments based on product areas, such as academic books, autobiographies, fiction, and politics. Pinetree Publications is most likely using which of the following organizational structures?

Identify the key advantages and disadvantages of a multidivisional structure.

Using a multidivisional structure violates the unity of command principle.

_____ are relationships between equals in an organization.

A functional structure tends to create highly-skilled specialists.

Double taxation is a disadvantage unique to partnerships.

All profits of a sole proprietorship are the property of the owner.

Division of labor can improve efficiency.

Which of the following statements about functional structures is accurate?

Output control focuses on measurable results within an organization.

Which of the following best describes informal linkages?

The process of evaluating and rewarding employee performance tends to be informal in organizations that follow a _____ type of organizational structure.

Differentiate between output control and clan control.

Simple organizational structures rely on formal systems of division of labor.

Clan control is most appropriate in settings where creativity is vital.