Exam 2: The Organizational Context: Strategy, Structure, and Culture

The goal of a matrix structure is to create a simultaneous focus on the need to be quickly responsive to both external opportunities and internal operating efficiencies.

What are the elements of organizational structure?

One element of strategic management is cross-functional decision making.

Technology,environment,rules,and reward systems can all contribute to a company's culture.

A dual hierarchy is the salient feature of a:

Herb Kelleher of Southwest Airlines frequently takes Southwest flights to check out operations and informally interview passengers to find out how satisfied they are with their service.Herb's attention to customer service and emphasis of it over profits permeates the organization.Southwest's corporate culture is influenced strongly by:

The University of Puhonicks hires several professors that specialize in accounting,management,and economics and clusters each into one of three departments.The dean has obviously decided to group employees by:

A major weakness of a matrix organizational structure for project management occurs when:

Which of the following is an external stakeholder group?

What are the advantages and disadvantages of using a functional structure to manage a project?

A strategic perspective on project management might ask all of the following questions pertaining to organizational setting prior to undertaking a project EXCEPT:

Which of the following is NOT an element of organizational structure?

The belief that organizations can sometimes gain tremendous benefit from creating a fully dedicated project organization is captured by the term:

The Larson and Gobeli study that compared projects that had been managed in a variety of structural types revealed that construction projects tended to be MOST effectively executed when the organizational structure was a:

The PMO is used to maintain and provide a cadre of skilled and trained project professionals as needed under the:

Which of these is NOT considered a critical contextual factor in project management?

Developing vision and mission statements is an important tactical step in project management.

A major player in the software industry stumbles from one new edition of its operating system and office automation package to another.As soon as one package is released,the programmers and developers have two weeks to latch onto a different team that is updating a different package.Failure to find another team to work for means an end to their employment.This organizational structure is BEST classified as a:

Describe the ways that individuals are grouped within an organization.

What are the three types of organizations presented by the author and how are they different?