Exam 6: Organizational Structure and Design

Explain unity of command and span of control and how they relate to each other.

Strategic alliances are announced cooperative arrangements or joint ventures between two independent companies.

A divisionalised organization consolidates all divisions within an organization under a single, unitary design.

Human resource managers in a bed linen production company would be line personnel.

Virtual organizations have certain aspects in common, like an actual physical space and boundary.

General Motors divided the company's operations into separate businesses for each model of automobile. This demonstrates:

In which design are managers most likely to run their own businesses and compete against one another for resources?

Which design is appropriate for a huge corporation that produces many different products and services in many different industries?

The set of cultural, economic, educational and legal-political forces in a given geographical area is called the __________ of an organization.

Control involves all of the following EXCEPT:

One of the advantages of a matrix structure is that it helps provide a blending of technical and market emphasis in organizations operating in exceedingly complex environments.

The number of immediate subordinates that a manager supervises is referred to as the span of control.

A Strategic Business Unit (SBU) would direct responsibility for its own:

Organic organizations tend to favour vertical specialisation and control.

Mel reports to two managers. This is an example of:

Staff personnel:

Bureaucracy is the theory proposed by:

Sue is the General Manager of Heap Manufacturing. She calls a meeting with Henry (head of manufacturing), Joe (manager of scheduling and planning), and Wendy (computer operations) to discuss rostering. The position titles suggest that:

In order to increase survival potential, organizations create:

Rules that become ends in themselves are among the dysfunctions often associated with bureaucracy.