Exam 15: Foundations of Organization Structure

The clerical and editorial employees in a publishing house need to be at their desks by 8:00 AM and follow a set of precise procedures dictated by management. The jobs of these clerical and editorial employees ________.

According to the principle of unity of command, ________.

The goal of a boundaryless organization is to break down cultural barriers.

Compare and contrast the three common organizational designs: simple structure, bureaucracy, and matrix structure.

Which of the following terms refers to the way an organization transfers inputs into outputs?

________ refers to the degree to which jobs within the organization are standardized.

A ________ is consistent with recent efforts by companies to reduce costs, cut overhead, speed up decision making, increase flexibility, get closer to customers, and empower employees.

Describe the five common ways of departmentalization. Give an example of each.

The chain of command is an unbroken line of authority that extends from the top of the organization to the lowest echelon and clarifies who reports to whom.

A(n)________ model is generally synonymous with the bureaucracy in that it has highly standardized processes for work, high formalization, and more managerial hierarchy.

Harald is opening a manufacturing plant with a mechanistic and centralized structure. Employees from which of the following countries will be least comfortable with this type of a structure?

________ refers to the degree to which decision making is concentrated at a single point in the organization.

The term used to describe the degree to which tasks in an organization are subdivided into separate jobs is called ________.

The more the lower-level personnel provide input or are actually given the discretion to make decisions, the ________ within that organization.

For much of the first half of the twentieth century, managers viewed work specialization as ________.

Mark is the owner of a local shoe business. He has fifteen employees who report directly to him, he makes all the decisions regarding the type and quality of shoes, and he looks after the shop's finances. Which type of organizational structure does Mark have?

Which of the following statements is true regarding a bureaucracy?

Departmentalization refers to the degree to which jobs within the organization are standardized.

Wiper Inc., a parts supplier, has separate departments for government aircraft and contracts, large commercial aircraft clients, and small personal aircraft clients. This is an example of departmentalization on the basis of ________.

Elena is the senior manager of a scientific operations team at a well-known clinical research organization. The organization delivers more than 4,000 solutions across more than 18 therapeutic areas. Being a perfectionist, Elena has reached her present position through hard work and dedication. Given that she has also worked effectively with teams in the past, she has recently been assigned to lead a team working on a new project which is critical to the company. Elena refuses to allocate any tasks to her team and decides to put in extra hours and weekends to complete the groundwork herself. Based on the information presented here, which of the following would best explain this contradiction?