Exam 3: Fundamentals of Organization Structure

Most companies combine characteristics of multiple structures to take advantage of the strengths and avoid some of the weaknesses.

The organization chart is the visual representation of a whole set of underlying activities and processes in an organization.

In the horizontal structure, it is said that:

The matrix structure is best when environmental change is high and when goals reflect a dual requirement.

A task force is located in one department but has the responsibility for communicating and achieving coordination with another department.

What symptoms of structural deficiency would make a firm consider changing its structure?

Which of the following is made up of organizationally or geographically dispersed members who are linked primarily through advanced information and communications technologies?

Which of the following terms would best be linked with "full-time integrator?"

Riya is the vice president of marketing for her company. Other officers in the company include the vice presidents of engineering, production, finance, and human resource management. The structure of this small company is likely to be:

All of the following, except ____ are symptoms of structural deficiency.

_____ is the most recent approach to departmental grouping. With this grouping, the organization is a loosely connected cluster of separate components.

When problems and decisions are funneled to top levels of the hierarchy for resolution, ____ is being used.

The use of the organization chart for business stems largely from the Industrial Revolution.

Describe the characteristics of a company reengineered into a horizontal structure.

The ____ should be an unbroken line of authority that links all persons in an organization and shows who reports to whom.

At Verterans Administration (VA) hospitals around the country, a sophisticated system called Vista enables people all across the organization to access complete patient information and provide better care. Vista is an example of which of the following?

Grouping by output means that people are organized by similar functions or work processes with similar knowledge and skills.

List and explain two of the departmental grouping options.

____ are used to coordinate activities between the top and bottom of an organization and are designed primarily for control of the organization.

Functional grouping places employees together who perform similar work processes and typically have similar knowledge and skills.