Exam 6: Designing Organizational Structure: Specialization and Coordination

In a ________ structure, role and authority relationships are deliberately left vague because the underlying assumption of this structure is that when team members are given more responsibility than they have formal authority, they are forced to cooperate to get the job done.

Which of the following is an organizational design that groups people and resources in two ways simultaneously: by function and by product?

As an organization that uses a functional structure grows, ________.

Which of the following is a difference between the product division structure and the multidivisional structure?

A product structure is a type of a functional structure.

Which of the following statements is true regarding a functional structure?

A network structure increases the cost of production.

A ________ structure organizes divisions according to the requirements of the different locations in which an organization appears.

In which of the following organizational structures do employees move between teams?

Large complex organizations that have many divisions often simultaneously make use of many different structures; that is, they operate with a ________ structure.

Which of the following is an advantage of a matrix structure?

Functional structure provides people with the opportunity to learn from one another and become more specialized and productive.

As an organization increases the kinds of goods it manufactures or the services it provides, a functional structure becomes more effective at coordinating task activities.

As an organization with a functional structure grows, the cost of each function's contribution to the development of each product becomes increasingly simple to measure.

Which of the following structures is most likely to be selected by an organization whose products are very complex technologically or whose characteristics change rapidly to suit changing customer needs?

The price at which one division in an organization sells a product or information about innovations to another division in the same organization is called ________ price.

A corporate headquarters staff is created in a ________ structure.

In a multidivisional structure, corporate headquarters can identify the divisions in which an investment of capital will yield the highest returns.

A regional company markets ice cream, milk, and frozen yogurt. A ________ structure is the most appropriate structure for this firm.

A product team structure is a divisional structure in which divisions are organized according to the requirements of the different locations in which an organization operates.