Exam 11: Organization Structures

Which of the following asks people to identify others to whom they turn for help most often, with whom they communicate regularly, and who gives them energy and motivation?

Which of the following is true with regard to use of staff positions?

A _____ uses IT and the Internet to engage a shifting network of strategic alliances.

An order fulfillment by a catalog retailer, a procedure that takes an order from point of initiation by the customer to point of fulfilment by a delivered product is an example of a _____.

A _____ structure has a central core of full-time employees surrounded by outside contractors and partners that supply essential services.

Zack Books Ltd., an international library headquartered in Alabama, has many branches across different countries. It uses information technology to be in regular contact with its various outside suppliers of books and magazines. Which of the following organizational structures is being used by the library?

Which of the following is true of a formal structure?

Which of the following is a horizontal structure that brings together members from different departments such as marketing, production, and accounting?

____ teams are convened for a particular task and are disbanded once the task is completed.

Which of the following is true of flat structures?

Which of the following is true with regard to centralization and decentralization?

Which of the following is true of a project team?

Network structures result in increasing overhead and reducing operating efficiency.

Which of the following is true regarding the process of delegation?

Project teams are permanent in nature and cannot be disbanded.

The staff at Grace Grocery Store is assigned specific tasks such as receiving supply, arranging stock, making sales, preparing cash registers, and so on. They perform the same task every day. The firm is characterized by formal means of coordination. Grace Grocery Store is functioning with a(n) _____ design.

Delix Juices Co., well-known for its fruit juices with catchy names, has recently signed an agreement with Finred Books Ltd. According to this agreement, Delix Juices Co. has an outlet at each Finred store. This agreement has led to an increase in profits for both the companies as sales of both have increased. This is an example of a _____.

An organizational design:

Workers in a matrix structure are allowed to be part of only one formal group at a time.

___ is the process of arranging, connecting, and integrating people and resources to accomplish a goal.