Exam 6: Organization Structure and Design

Compare and contrast team,virtual,and learning organizations.

Giovanna is very competent.She works in a relatively predictable environment.All of her subordinates do the same activity with few problems.This situation would tend to call for

An organization where power and control are kept at the top levels of management is

Which of the following is NOT one of the characteristics of Weber's bureaucracy?

Carlotta,the owner of a small business,decides to promote Belle because of her knowledge and skills rather than Meera,who is her personal friend.Which characteristic of Weber's bureaucratic model is Carlotta using?

The Army uses a number and letter to designate military occupational specialties (MOS),for example 67B.There are hundreds of MOSs.This is an example of ___________________________________.

An advantage of the virtual organization is the control the organization has over temporary employees.

Starbucks takes an order and serves the order.They use ____ technology.

The New York Department of Transportation operates in a fairly stable environment and has no domestic competitors; Burns and Stalker would agree that the ____ design would be best for the DOT.

According to Woodward,which of the following is true about the relationship between organization design and core technology?

If Joe works as a welder today,a drill press operator tomorrow,a lathe operator on the third day,and is back to welding again on the fourth day,his supervisor is using job specialization.

The more widely defined a job is,the easier it is to develop specialized equipment to assist with that job.

When people float from project to project with little or no underlying functional authority in organizational units,a(n)____________________ organization design is said to exist.

Communicators at Siemens report to their sector president,for example medical,industry,or power and also to the senior vice president for marketing and communications at corporate headquarters.Which organization design is Siemens using?

A wide span of management results in

Which of the following alternatives to specialization would require continually adding new tasks and challenges as part of the job design?

The starting point for all job design activities is determining the level of desired job

In the conglomerate design,coordination of the efforts of the various functional departments is the responsibility of the CEO and members of senior management.

A learning organization is one in which the personal development and lifelong learning of employees is a priority.

Define delegation.Describe the delegation process and the problems often associated with delegation.