Exam 8: Organization Structure and Design

Separating people to perform different tasks that aggregate into a unified whole is known as __________.

Organizational charts provide all of the following EXCEPT

The four types of divisional structures are product,geographical,customer,and functional.

Your manager is considering options between a matrix structure and a team structure.Based on what you have learned in this class,you can tell her that the major difference between a matrix structure and a team structure is that a team structure:

A __________ structure groups together people with similar skills who perform similar tasks.

One of the problems with a functional structure is communication between functional groups.

__________ is the process of arranging people and resources to work together to accomplish goals.

The lack of communications between functional departments in a functional structure often results in which of the following?

At Ink Pens Manufacturing (IPM),there are departments of Marketing,Engineering,and Manufacturing.IPM exemplifies a __________structure.

A basic principal of management is that,"When delegating,authority should equal responsibility."

A manager from LMT Corporation allows her employees to do their jobs as they see fit.This may be due to:

Maria,vice president of operations at Choco Candy,Inc.(CCI)is developing plans to create new divisions of CCI in China,India,and Malaysia.Maria is developing a _______ structure for CCI.

All of the following are problems with informal groups EXCEPT they:

Your roommate wants to learn about organizational chart.You can tell her that these chart can tell you all of these about an organization EXCEPT their

Which structure groups together people working on the same product,in the same geographical area,or with similar customers?

Which of the following is needed for a virtual structure?

The organizational Chart describes the mission with a company.

Why are network structures,given their efficiencies,not more prevalent?

The span of control indicates the number of employees directly reporting to a superior.

Big Money Bank has many branches which are all managed by branch managers who have loans,investments,operations,and trust managers reporting directly to them.This is an example of a __________ structure.