Exam 2: Perspectives on Organizations

Which of the following is not a structural dimension of organizations?

Structural dimensions provide labels to distinguish some key, internal characteristics of an organization.

The Scents Place is a well-organized, highly productive business that manufactures a variety of perfumes sold within Africa. Its employees are dedicated to providing superior customer service and respecting each other and the organization. Each work day employees report on time and are professionally dressed even though there is no dress code in place at the business. The workers are very pleased by the benefit package provided by the company and constantly discuss how well their employers take care of them. The company, in turn, is very pleased by the dedication, ethical behaviours, and efficiency of its workers. This is a description of the of The Scents Place.

The organizations are important to society because of all of these except:

Brenda Oshogbo works at S&S Operations. She heads that company's human resource department and is primarily responsible for establishing employee compensation and benefit programs. Brenda would most likely be considered to be in which one of the following parts of the organization?

Of the following structural dimensions, which one would include the organization's job descriptions, its human resource policies, and the internal regulations established for the firm?

At Organization B it takes 300 employees working 40-hour workweeks, a €2 million budget per year, 1 ton of raw materials per month, and 150 suppliers to ensure the organization reaches its desired level of output. This is describing the of the organization.

According to the ideas proposed by Henry Mintzberg, in which part of an organization would workers who produce the product fit?

Organization A has decided it will place 70% of its workforce in production, 10% in managerial capacities, and 20% in various administrative positions. It has determined 42.67% of its budget will be devoted to providing what is necessary for its employees to assist the company in achieving the desired end result of operations. Which contextual dimension of Organization A is this describing?

Efficiency refers to the amount of resources used to achieve the organization's goals.

is/are attributed with being a strong contributor to the development of bureaucratic organizations.

The idea of balancing the preferences of different groups has been characterized as a classical approach.

In order to make quick decisions, many organizations are being redesigned and/or developed to become so-called learning organizations.

Of the following, which one is least likely to represent a challenge organizations may face today?

Which of the following is best described as being a micro examination of an organization that focuses on the people inside the organization and examines concepts such as motivation, personality, and leadership style?

A closed-systems perspective does not focus exclusively upon the organization.

Of the following structural dimensions, which one is sometimes referred to as division of labour?

When an organization willingly adopts different organizational activities, practices, and methods in order to better satisfy the various individuals who have an interest in it, it could be stated the organization is using a(n) .