Exam 15: Foundations of Organization Structure

Matthew is a new divisional manager. In reorganizing his division, he must make some decisions regarding the span of control for management within his division. -The question of span of control determines ________.

What is the chain of command within an organization?

A plant manager who organizes the plant by separating engineering, accounting, manufacturing, personnel, and purchasing into departments is practicing ________ departmentalization.

AgriProducers has customers all over the United States that need their soil tested in their labs as well as their products for their crops. The crops and soil are different in the various large areas of the nation, such as the West Coast, and the Mid-West. Which type of departmentalization would be best for AgriProducers?

Which one of the following problems is most likely to occur in a matrix structure?

A decentralized organization is more likely to result in a feeling of alienation by employees than a centralized organization.

Aeronautics Inc., a parts supplier, has departments for government aircraft and contracts, large commercial aircraft clients, and small personal aircraft clients. This is an example of ________ departmentalization.

Evidence indicates that ________ is positively related to job satisfaction.

One disadvantage of the simple structure is its high risk.

Explain the organizational component of work specialization. Discuss its advantages and drawbacks.

The major advantage of the virtual organization is its ________.

________ is a systematic effort to make an organization leaner by selling off business units, closing locations, or reducing staff.

You assign your students a project that involves developing a business plan for a retail store. The store will have 200 employees and will serve customers both locally and internationally via a storefront and an Internet catalog. Which of the following organizational designs is least likely to benefit the goals of this retail store?

________ is characterized by a low degree of departmentalization, wide spans of control, authority centralized in a single person, and little formalization.

Which of the following is not a benefit achieved from work specialization?

Which of the following is not a negative impact of reducing the size of the workforce?

The trend in recent years has been toward ________.

An organization pursues a price-minimization strategy by controlling costs, avoiding unnecessary innovation or marketing expenses, and cutting prices in selling basic products.

Businesses structured according to the mechanistic model usually have high employee participation in decision making.

The ________ principle helps preserve the concept of an unbroken line of authority.