Exam 7: Creating a Flexible Organization

A relatively permanent committee charged with performing some recurring task is called a(n)

It is important that every company use only one departmentalization basis.

A span of control may be wide when

Jason assigns responsibility to a subordinate for preparing a sales presentation for an important potential client and authorizes the necessary expenditures of money and human resources, but he still requires a dress rehearsal to be presented to him before the actual presentation. Jason realizes that accountability cannot be

The legal affairs attorney working for Intel would most likely occupy a(n)

The more complex and uncertain a company's environment, the more likely it is that the company will

Determining how many subordinates will report to each manager gives an organization its

Angered by the informal discussions among employees, a supervisor has posted rules against rumors, gossip, and discussions about the company's financial situation as well as other company matters. Your managerial know-how tells you that this supervisor is

Ann delegated work to an employee who mismanaged public funds. Ann, rather than the employee, was reprimanded for this mismanagement. Ann is now reluctant to delegate because she

Departmentalization by location allows an organization to readily respond to the unique demands of each geographic area.

An analyst in the corporate finance department at Chase Manhattan Bank has been assigned to an interdepartmental project involving a major client. He must report to two different supervisors―the project manager and the manager of his department. This sort of organizational structure is called a ____ structure.

Personal rather than formal relationships among employees are known as the

A benefit of job specialization is that it

Citibank has one group of loan officers who handle consumer loans and another group who work in the commercial loan area. Grouping work units this way is known as departmentalization by

A consulting manager at SAP America has a very wide span of control. This is probably because the

The president of Digital Equipment Corporation discovered that his company was having a problem with counterproductive product groups that were working selfishly rather than cooperating with one another. To solve the problem, he combined the company's twelve U.S. product groups into three regional management centers. This solution is referred to as departmentalization by

The inner rites, rituals, heroes, and values of a firm make up its corporate culture.

Amy, an administrative assistant in the business division of a university, is assigned the responsibility of serving the needs of the division's professors. However, Amy often reads books and looks at catalogs during working hours because she has plenty of free time. It appears that the professors in the division have failed to

If you were a manager, how would you use the grapevine?

Dana is assigned to create a training program for newly hired mortgage loan officers. She has the ____ to complete this assignment.