Exam 17: Organization Design

Economies of scale are an advantage of small organizations.

In a bureaucracy, work is highly specialized and formalized, and decision making is usually concentrated at the top.

The general environment includes all of the specific organizations, groups, and individuals that influence the organization.

Typically, large companies create organizations.

The is typically found in young organizations engaged in highly technical fields in which the environment is complex and dynamic.

of scale are an advantage of large organizations.

Large-batch production is also known as production.

In the adhocracy organizational design, decision making is spread throughout the organization, and power is in the hands of experts.

A virtual organization is a temporary alliance between two or more organizations that band together to accomplish a specific venture.

The matrix organizational design attempts to combine two different designs to gain the benefits of each design.

The organization has become a way to deal with the rapid changes brought about by evolving technology and global competition.

According to Henry Mintzberg, the ways in which tasks are coordinated include all of the following except

Burns and Stalker proposed that the determines the best method of structuring the organization.

The benefits of a matrix organization include all of the following except

The is everything outside an organization and includes all elements, people, other organizations, economic factors, objects, and events that lie outside the boundaries of the organization.

The approach views the organization as an open system structured to integrate the two important subsystems: the task and social subsystem.

Which statement best summarizes the relationship among size, structure, and technology?

The three structural imperatives are , technology, and environment.

The professional bureaucracy relies on standardization of skills as the primary means of coordination.

The most heavily discussed and researched organizing approach within the past thirty years is the approach.