Exam 9: Designing Adaptive Organizations

Disadvantages of _____ include difficulty in cross-departmental coordination, slow decision making, and managers and workers with narrow experience and expertise.

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Question 61

The primary disadvantage of customer departmentalization is:

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Question 62

Bridget's Gift Store has four departments. These departments are grouped as flowers and gifts, cards and e-cards, Bridget's collectibles, and Photo albums and scrapbooks. Bridget's Gift Store most likely uses _____.

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Question 63

Specialized jobs are generally inefficient.

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Question 64

Nikolai & Sons Corp. is subdivided into organizational units called Nikolai & Sons Health Care, which provides general medicines for hospitals; Nikolai & Sons Professional, which provides office supplies for businesses; and Nikolai & Sons Consumer, which sells consumer goods. From this scenario, it can be inferred that Nikolai & Sons Corp. uses _____.

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Question 65

In matrix departmentalization, as in other forms of departmentalization, most employees report to a single boss.

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Question 66

An organic organization is characterized by broadly defined jobs and responsibility; loosely defined, frequently changing roles; and decentralized authority and horizontal communication based on task knowledge.

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Question 67

Large accounting agencies typically have separate departments that deal with households, businesses, and governments. This allows them to better serve the needs of their clients by using _____.

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Question 68

ACST University is well known for the wide array of courses it offers. It offers courses in fine arts, humanities, science, and management. The university has dedicated divisions for each stream. In management terms, the university uses _____ to manage the different disciplines.

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Question 69

Cross-department coordination tends to be very easy in organizations with functional departmentalization.

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Question 70

The primary disadvantage of geographic departmentalization is _____.

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Question 71

Explain what is meant by authority. How can authority be centralized? How can it be decentralized? Describe the circumstances under which centralization rather than decentralization would be more desirable. Finally, as a manager in a large company, what particular challenge might you expect to face with regard to the use of decentralization?

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Question 72

The primary disadvantage of customer departmentalization is:

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Question 73

The coordination of departmental activities tends to be more difficult with the geographic approach to departmentalization than with the other approaches.

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Question 74

The two disadvantages associated with product departmentalization are costly duplication and difficulties with cross-departmental coordination.

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Question 75

Specialized jobs are characterized by simple, easy-to-learn steps; low variety; and high repetition.

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Question 76

What is job specialization? Briefly explain its advantages and disadvantages.

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Question 77

One of the reasons that matrix organizations are difficult to manage is that the organizational structure violates the principle of delegation of authority.

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Question 78

Specialized jobs are characterized by simple, easy-to-learn steps; low variety; and high repetition.

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Question 79

Which of the following statements about functional departmentalization is true?

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Disadvantages of _____ include difficulty in cross-departmental coordination, slow decision making, and managers and workers with narrow experience and expertise.

The primary disadvantage of customer departmentalization is:

Bridget's Gift Store has four departments. These departments are grouped as flowers and gifts, cards and e-cards, Bridget's collectibles, and Photo albums and scrapbooks. Bridget's Gift Store most likely uses _____.

Specialized jobs are generally inefficient.

In matrix departmentalization, as in other forms of departmentalization, most employees report to a single boss.

An organic organization is characterized by broadly defined jobs and responsibility; loosely defined, frequently changing roles; and decentralized authority and horizontal communication based on task knowledge.

Large accounting agencies typically have separate departments that deal with households, businesses, and governments. This allows them to better serve the needs of their clients by using _____.

ACST University is well known for the wide array of courses it offers. It offers courses in fine arts, humanities, science, and management. The university has dedicated divisions for each stream. In management terms, the university uses _____ to manage the different disciplines.

Cross-department coordination tends to be very easy in organizations with functional departmentalization.

The primary disadvantage of geographic departmentalization is _____.

The primary disadvantage of customer departmentalization is:

The coordination of departmental activities tends to be more difficult with the geographic approach to departmentalization than with the other approaches.

The two disadvantages associated with product departmentalization are costly duplication and difficulties with cross-departmental coordination.

Specialized jobs are characterized by simple, easy-to-learn steps; low variety; and high repetition.

What is job specialization? Briefly explain its advantages and disadvantages.

One of the reasons that matrix organizations are difficult to manage is that the organizational structure violates the principle of delegation of authority.

Specialized jobs are characterized by simple, easy-to-learn steps; low variety; and high repetition.

Which of the following statements about functional departmentalization is true?

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Exam 9: Designing Adaptive Organizations

Disadvantages of _____ include difficulty in cross-departmental coordination, slow decision making, and managers and workers with narrow experience and expertise.

The primary disadvantage of customer departmentalization is:

Bridget's Gift Store has four departments. These departments are grouped as flowers and gifts, cards and e-cards, Bridget's collectibles, and Photo albums and scrapbooks. Bridget's Gift Store most likely uses _____.

Specialized jobs are generally inefficient.

In matrix departmentalization, as in other forms of departmentalization, most employees report to a single boss.

An organic organization is characterized by broadly defined jobs and responsibility; loosely defined, frequently changing roles; and decentralized authority and horizontal communication based on task knowledge.

Large accounting agencies typically have separate departments that deal with households, businesses, and governments. This allows them to better serve the needs of their clients by using _____.

​ACST University is well known for the wide array of courses it offers. It offers courses in fine arts, humanities, science, and management. The university has dedicated divisions for each stream. In management terms, the university uses _____ to manage the different disciplines.

Cross-department coordination tends to be very easy in organizations with functional departmentalization.

The primary disadvantage of geographic departmentalization is _____.

The primary disadvantage of customer departmentalization is:

The coordination of departmental activities tends to be more difficult with the geographic approach to departmentalization than with the other approaches.

The two disadvantages associated with product departmentalization are costly duplication and difficulties with cross-departmental coordination.

Specialized jobs are characterized by simple, easy-to-learn steps; low variety; and high repetition.

What is job specialization? Briefly explain its advantages and disadvantages.

One of the reasons that matrix organizations are difficult to manage is that the organizational structure violates the principle of delegation of authority.

Specialized jobs are characterized by simple, easy-to-learn steps; low variety; and high repetition.

Which of the following statements about functional departmentalization is true?

Management

The History of Management

Organizational Environments and Cultures

Ethics and Social Responsibility

Planning and Decision Making

Organizational Strategy

Innovation and Change

Global Management

Managing Teams

Managing Human Resource Systems

Managing Individuals and a Diverse Workforce

Motivation

Filters

ACST University is well known for the wide array of courses it offers. It offers courses in fine arts, humanities, science, and management. The university has dedicated divisions for each stream. In management terms, the university uses _____ to manage the different disciplines.