Deck 6: Organizing and Staffing

Question 1

Which of the following is NOT true for temporary departmentation?

A) It usually reflects an organizational pattern that will exist for more than a few months.
B) The temporary department exists for a predetermined period to meet a specific need.
C) The life of a temporary department must not extend longer than six months.
D) In some instances, the lifetime of a temporary department may be limited by available funding.

Answer 1

C

Question 2

Internal Revenue Service (IRS) guidelines defining an independent contractor state that _______________________.

A) the contractor must perform all work away from the contracting organization's facility
B) the using organization decides whether a particular service provider is an employee or an independent contractor
C) the independent contractor must be paid as a supplier rather than as an employee
D) the using organization may provide the materials and equipment used by the independent contractor

Answer 2

B

Question 3

The practice of having an employee report to two different managers is referred to as __________.

A) unity of command
B) the scalar principle
C) split reporting
D) span of management

Answer 3

C

Question 4

All of the following situations generally involve a wide span of management, EXCEPT:

A) the work group is well trained and highly motivated
B) the work group is decentralized
C) the authority structure is coercive
D) the work is highly repetitive and predictable

Question 5

The authority associated with staff employees is termed ____________.

A) normative authority
B) scalar authority
C) line authority
D) functional authority

Question 6

An occupational therapy group develops a pattern of departmentation for home care services based on catchment area requirements. This is an example of departmentation by _____________.

A) function
B) product
C) territory
D) process

Question 7

The "most use" criterion in organizational patterns is associated with _____________.

A) orphan activities
B) deadly parallel arrangements
C) departmentation by product
D) matrix organization

Question 8

An acute care hospital has received a major grant for a five-year research project in neighborhood healthcare services. The continuance of the research project after the five years is uncertain. The most likely pattern of organization for the research project is _____________.

A) the "most use" criterion
B) temporary departmentation
C) matrix organization
D) deadly parallel arrangements

Question 9

Telecommuting may not be appropriate for an employee who copes only marginally with the absence of traditional supervision.

Question 10

It is necessary to use temporary help services as sparingly as possible because they always represent excess cost.

Question 11

one significant application of outsourcing is the engagement of a management consultant.

Question 12

Contract management of a service may involve the provision of management only or the entire service, including all involved employees.

Question 13

Temporary agency employees may be retained on the job for up to one year without difficulty.