Exam 10: Designing Organizational Structures

Manufacturers often centralize production and decentralize their financial decision making.

Which of the following is a permanent organization structure that draws from horizontal and vertical authority relationships?

Pharmacie & Upjohn,a pharmaceutical company,uses a functional structure (research,development,manufacturing,and marketing)within each of its three largest major product divisions.This company is an example of which of the following structures?

Describe the span of control in an organic organization.

Korber is the world's largest producer of cigarette manufacturing equipment.As growth in the world tobacco consumption declines,it is obvious that Korber will face a bleak future unless it is able to divest itself of its connection to the cigarette industry and start anew.In other words,Korber needs to engage in which of the following activities?

GTE modified its telephone operations by creating "customer care centers." The purpose of this change was to identify and abandon outdated rules and fundamental assumptions and act as if it were creating a new company more in tune with the needs of today's customers.GTE was using which business concept?

Decentralization is usually desirable in a company under which of the following conditions?

The management activity of organizing includes which of the following?

What is another name for the managerial hierarchy?

What is one of the advantages of a wide span of control?

The line organization is designed with direct,clear lines of authority and communication flowing from the top managers downward.

What is the difference between span of control and span of management?

Which of the following is the organization structure that brings people from different functional departments to work on special projects?

What is one weakness of group decision making?

The Cooke family has worked for various GM divisions for over four decades.Bennett Cooke works at the Cadillac division.Rondella Cooke works at the Buick division.Their son Tyrone works at the Corvette plant,and their daughter Niome works at the Saturn plant.The Cooke family could tell you that GM is departmentalized by which of the following?

Which type of organization is a company with a wide span of control and short chain of command?

One of the primary goals of Burberry,a British retailer,is to expand its market.When the company allocated resources so that it could open two stores in Japan,it was engaged in which management function?

Which of the following activities involves coordinating and allocating a company's resources so that the company can carry out its plans and achieve its goals?

Hugh Larrimore,Wilson Knight,and Frieda Perez have worked together for 12 years.They always clock in and clock out together.If one of the threesome happens to be late,the others will wait for him or her.This commonly accepted behaviour for this informal group is called which of the following?

List the three structural building blocks used in designing an efficient and effective organizational structure.