Exam 3: Fundamentals of Organizational Structure

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

Explain the information processing perspective for the study of organizational structure.

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

List and describe the conditions of the matrix structure.

What is likely to be the result if a domestic company that manufactures four different types of products changes from a functional structure to a divisional structure?

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

Which of the following are used to coordinate activities between the top and bottom of an organization and are designed primarily for control of the organization?

Extreme outsourcing is also known as a modular structure.

Describe Morgan's eight images of organizational design. How might organizations use the images for designing an appropriate structure?

Project teams can be thought of as permanent task forces.

Why would an organizational structure researcher say horizontal linkage mechanisms are important to an organization?

Which of the following is being used when problems and decisions are funnelled to top levels of the hierarchy for resolution?

Organizational Chart 3.2 -Refer to Organizational Chart 3.2. Which of the following best describes the structure of this organization?

As the amount of required horizontal coordination increases, the costs of time and resources decrease.

Organizational Chart 3.2 -Refer to Organizational Chart 3.2. Which of the following is the best assessment of this organizational structure?

What is one of the benefits of a matrix structure?

Rules and plans are lower on the ladder of mechanisms for vertical linkage than is adding positions to the hierarchy.

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

Which of the following is one of the benefits of the horizontal structure?

What qualifications would be expected for the position of full-time integrator? Why?