Exam 6: Organizing the Business

Could Smith utilize geographic departmentalization? Explain.

What elements work together to determine an organization's structure?

Job specialization is a natural part of organizational growth.

Short Case Scenario 6-1 Steffi Graf has assumed leadership of Ace Products after many years of loyal service. Ace Products is an international manufacturer of copiers, printers, and fax machines. Historically, their customers have fallen into four groups: hospitals, small businesses, airlines, and state and local governments. After talking with her daughter, who has just completed her business degree, Steffi is beginning to wonder if reorganizing would benefit Ace Products. The organization chart shows that there is a Vice-President of Manufacturing, Vice-President of Accounting and Finance, and a Vice-President of Marketing; they all report to the President of Ace Products. -Steffi's daughter has recommended that Ace Products be reorganized into a divisional organization.Including only top layers of management,how might the organizational chart differ from what it looks like now?

What does a divisional structure rely on and why?

Short Case Scenario 6-1 Steffi Graf has assumed leadership of Ace Products after many years of loyal service. Ace Products is an international manufacturer of copiers, printers, and fax machines. Historically, their customers have fallen into four groups: hospitals, small businesses, airlines, and state and local governments. After talking with her daughter, who has just completed her business degree, Steffi is beginning to wonder if reorganizing would benefit Ace Products. The organization chart shows that there is a Vice-President of Manufacturing, Vice-President of Accounting and Finance, and a Vice-President of Marketing; they all report to the President of Ace Products. -Ace is a centralized organization.What does this mean?

Line,staff,and committee and team forms of authority are not likely to all be found within the same organization.

In the ________ organization,people interact with other people in ways that do not follow formal lines of communication.

In a ________ organization,decision-making authority is delegated to levels of management at various points below the top.

________ is the obligation employees have to their manager for the successful completion of an assigned task.

Briefly describe the five basic forms of departmentalization.

What is the informal organization and how does it relate to the formal structure?

Is FedEx centralized or decentralized? Explain.

Define accountability.

How was PepsiCo Americas Beverages structured when CEO d'Amore took over? Did this structure work well?

At McDonald's,most advertising is handled at the corporate level,and any local advertising must be approved by a regional manager.McDonald's is an example of a(n)________ organization.

Graphic departmentalization divides firms according to the areas of the country or the world that they serve.

Which of the following factors affect the manager's span of control?

Dividing a store into a men's department,a women's department,a luggage department,and so on,is an example of ________.

In a ________ organization,most lower-level decisions must be approved by upper management before they can be implemented.