Exam 7: Organizing and Delegating Work

Matrix departmentalization combines ___________ and ___________ departmentalization.

After prioritizing tasks,you should focus on accomplishing more than one task at a time to save time.

What determines the type of organizational design an organization falls under?

Which form of authority is the unsanctioned way of getting the job done?

Which of the following is not a dimension of employee productivity and quality of working life?

Adam works as a top manager for FedEx,which has switched to an upside-down organization chart,with customers at the top and management at the bottom.What does this remind Adam?

The vertical lines on an organization chart shows _____________.

All of the following are benefits of delegating except _______________.

Brian is an employee at a company that engineers human-sized robots.Brian creates the wrist joints for each robot,but doesn't like not being able to see the finished product.What dimension needs to be fine-tuned for Brian?

Molly's job in a staffing department focuses on advising and assisting other personnel and providing services that help those with line authority.Knowing that Molly's position involves staff authority,it can be inferred that Molly works in which of the following departments?

Patricia is a first-line manager who makes important decisions with middle and other first-line managers.What type of authority does Patricia belong to?

Which of the following tasks can and should be delegated?

Committees are often given authority to recommend.

Give an example of both internal departmentalization and external departmentalization.

Tyler is a top manager at his organization.Below him are middle managers that supervise first-line managers.The first-line managers supervise operative employees.What type of authority is used at Tyler's organization?

Employees of ABC Corporation are often afraid of getting into trouble for breaking or bending the rules.Therefore,it is likely that ABC Corporation is _________________.

Tasks that are delegated to one personally can be re-delegated to employees.

Which type of departmentalization is most widely used in small organizations?

Internal departmentalization is referred to as product,customer,or territory departmentalization.

When is a deadline without control checkpoints appropriate?