Question 1

The ________ is an organization structure most notable for its lack of structure wherein knowledge and getting it to the right place quickly is the key reason for organization.

Accepted Answer

A) Modular organization 
B) Joint venture 
C) Learning organization 
D) Ambidextrous organization

Question 2

The advantages and disadvantages of the ________ are very similar to those of divisional structures.

Accepted Answer

A) Simple business structure 
B) Strategic business unit 
C) Matrix organizational structure 
D) Functional structure

Question 3

______ exist between a company and its customers,suppliers,partners,regulators and competitors.

Accepted Answer

A) Competitive boundaries 
B) Horizontal boundaries 
C) External interface boundaries 
D) Geographic boundaries

Question 4

Problems with the matrix structure's implementation are heightened ________ with the complications introduced by distance,language,time and culture.

Accepted Answer

A) With regional diversifications 
B) In an international context 
C) In a national geographic range 
D) By an increase in synergies

Question 5

Simple organizational structures are most efficacious in businesses that serve:

Accepted Answer

A) A broad,international product/market 
B) A highly fragmented market 
C) A cost-competitive product/market 
D) A local product/market or narrow niche

Question 6

The result of _______ is coordination,communication and decision-making functions being accomplished quickly and easily,making traditional organizational structures look slow,inefficient and noncompetitive.

Accepted Answer

A) Globalization 
B) The Internet 
C) The outsourcing of product design 
D) The divisional organizational structure

Question 7

_______ is intended to place the decision-making authority that is more relevant to the customer closer to the customer,in order to make the firm more responsive to the customer's needs.

Accepted Answer

A) Delegation 
B) Empowerment 
C) Business process reengineering 
D) Functional orientation

Question 8

A _________ is an organizational structure that allows people to interface with others throughout the organization without need to wait for a hierarchy to regulate that interface across functional,business and geographic boundaries.

Accepted Answer

A) Strategic alliance 
B) Boundary less organization 
C) B-web structure 
D) Non-traditional structure

Question 9

What is meant by organizational structure?

Accepted Answer

A) Legal structure of the company 
B) Formalized arrangement of interaction and responsibility for tasks 
C) Size and scope of the company 
D) Level of diversification or concentration

Question 10

A ________ is one where there is an owner and usually a few employees where the arrangement of tasks,responsibilities and communication is highly informal and accomplished through direct supervision.

Accepted Answer

A) Matrix structure 
B) Functional structure 
C) Strategic business unit 
D) Simple organizational structure

Question 11

Today,the primary motivation of workers is:

Accepted Answer

A) Job security 
B) Personal growth 
C) Incremental improvement 
D) Dogmatic leadership

Question 12

The _______ combines the advantages of functional specialization with the advantages of product-project specialization.

Accepted Answer

A) Specialization business 
B) Product-team structure 
C) Divisional organization 
D) Matrix structure

Question 13

Which structure provides dual channels of authority,performance responsibility,evaluation and control?

Accepted Answer

A) Matrix structure 
B) Product-team structure 
C) Divisional structure 
D) Holding company structure

Question 14

_______ is an important structural decision and resultant separate activities need to be coordinated and integrated back together as a whole so the business functions effectively.

Accepted Answer

A) Diversification 
B) Broadening 
C) "Preferencing" 
D) Differentiation

Question 15

Outsourcing has many potential advantages.Which of the following is NOT a potential advantage of outsourcing as a means to create an agile,virtual organization?

Accepted Answer

A) It can lower costs incurred when the activity outsourced is done in-house 
B) It can reduce the amount of capital a firm must invest in production or service capacity 
C) The firm's managers and personnel can concentrate on mission-critical activities 
D) Careful selection of outsource partners allows the firm to eliminate the need to learn and develop many of its abilities

Question 16

Which of the following is NOT a strategic advantage of a divisional organizational structure?

Accepted Answer

A) Forces coordination and necessary authority down to the appropriate level for rapid response 
B) Sharply focuses accountability for performance 
C) Increases focus on products,markets and quick response to change 
D) Eliminates functional specialization within each division

Question 17

Subramanian Rangan calls the shift characterizing the growing importance of organizational structures that enable global companies the chance to build competitive advantage:

Accepted Answer

A) Exploration to exploitation 
B) Exploitation to exploration 
C) Integration to innovation 
D) Exploitation to innovation

Question 18

_____ is redesigning an organizational structure with the intent of emphasizing and enabling activities most critical to the firm's strategy to function at maximum effectiveness.

Accepted Answer

A) Restructuring 
B) Empowerment 
C) Business process reengineering 
D) Implementing the learning organization

Question 19

Increasingly,globally engaged,multi-business companies are changing the role of corporate headquarters from one of ________ to one of ________.

Accepted Answer

A) Enabler of innovation and synergy; resource allocation 
B) Performance monitoring; coordinator,supporter and enabler 
C) Resource allocation; performance monitoring 
D) Coordinator of linkages across multiple businesses; enabler of innovation and synergy

Question 20

A(n)_______ provides products or services using different,self-contained specialists or companies brought together to contribute their primary or support activity to result in a successful outcome.

Accepted Answer

A) Outsourcer 
B) Ambidextrous organization 
C) Modular organization 
D) Virtual organization

Exam 11: Organizational Structure