Exam 6: Organization Structure and Design

Weber's perspective suggests that a(n)____________________ is a model of organization design based on a legitimate and formal system of authority.

When Kellogg's makes cereal and cereal bars,it uses ____ technology.

One of the common complaints of special education teachers is that they are not allowed to teach because of all the paperwork they are required to fill out and keep current.They once only had to teach,but now they have so many other duties that they don't feel they are doing anything well.In this case,____ did not produce satisfied workers.

Colin believes it is important to maintain an appropriate social distance between managers and subordinates.This is in agreement with Weber's idea that managers should conduct business in a(n)____________________ way.

Jane works in a fast-food establishment.Her job is to cook the french fries.She has a high degree of job specialization.

Bureaucracies help prevent the use of favoritism.

Paul supervises a crew engaged in laying a pipeline from Dallas to Ponca City,Oklahoma.The crew is able to lay about a mile of pipe each day.Supplies of pipe are delivered by truck to various points along the pipeline route.When shipments of pipe are delayed,it results in a work stoppage for Paul's crew.What level of interdependence does this represent?

An advantage of the bureaucratic model is it's rigidity.

The two components of chain of command are "unity of command" and "scalar principle."

When Gore Associates textile fabric unit got too big it was divided into a fashion unit and uniform unit.This is an example of ____________________.

Viacom owns Nickelodeon,TV Land,VH1,and Nick at Nite.Viacom's managers of these cable networks are allowed a fairly high degree of autonomy in their operations,yet they coordinate their activities as needed.Purchasing is highly centralized,but many other functions are quite decentralized.Viacom uses a ____ organization design.

West Windsor school district has three elementary schools that each cover a region of the school district.This is an example of ____ departmentalization.

The conglomerate form of organization design is typically used by a firm that owns multiple related businesses.

The major advantage of the H-form structure is the simplicity associated with the similarity of the businesses that make up the organization.

Google creates web search results.It uses what type of technology?

A matrix structure reflects a multiple-command structure.

The power that has been recognized by the organization is called delegation.

At BMW the marketing department helps develop sales forecast for the operations managers,who give availability information to dealerships.When dealerships have a specific order,they send it to operations.What level of interdependence does this example represent?

When the output from one unit becomes the input for another and vice versa the units have pooled interdependence.

First City Bank makes loans through the consumer,agricultural,and commercial departments.Based on this information,we know that the bank is organized,at least in part,on the basis of