Exam 7: Organization Structure and Management Systems: the Fundamentals of Strategy Implementation

Project-based forms of structure can be found in industries such as:

Much of the world's production of goods and services is undertaken by corporations, which are entities legally distinct from their members:

By the 1920's, several large industrial enterprises replaced their functional and holding company structures with multi-divisional structures.

The most important element in a strategic management process is:

According to Chandler, the critical transformations that led to modern corporations are:

Strategic planning systems:

An analogy to illustrate the adaptability of modular organizational structures may be:

The emergence and proliferation of the business corporation depended upon:

The fact that a corporation has a legal identity distinct from its members:

Large divisionalized firms are organized in three levels:

Strict matrix structures, with equal emphasis on different organizational dimensions:

Economies of scale, learning, and standardization of control systems are:

In practice, matrix structures tend to:

Organizational networks are generally composed of:

Adhocracy is a structure where values, motivation, and willingness to participate, mutual respect, and communication effectiveness allow a high level of coordination that limits the need for formal control

The critical issue in organizational design is to:

Human resource management systems are key because:

Economies of scale are a factor that could impact the definition of organizational units

According to Mintzberg, structure can be defined simply as:

Management writer Tom Peters stated that "strategy follows structure". Others say the opposite. More accurately;