Exam 7: Organizing the Business Enterprise

Which of the following best describes responsibility?

A properly structured formal organization eliminates the need for the informal structure.

The chain of command illustrates ________, while the organization chart illustrates ________.

What elements work together to determine an organization's structure?

Which of the following best describes responsibility?

What kind of organization becomes more responsive to its environment by breaking the company into more manageable units?

Scott has reviewed the organizational structure of his company and found that there is a lot of specialization within each area, employees seem to have clearly defined career paths, and that there is little duplication of activities. He is most likely working in a company with a(n) ________ structure.

Describe how organizations create and communicate their organizational structures.

Delegation occurs when a manager assigns a task to a subordinate who then is accountable to the manager for completion of the task.

What is the main organizational characteristic of decentralized firms?

Explain what a divisional structure is. What are its advantages and disadvantages?

What is a decentralized organization?

In which structure will an individual report to two or more managers?

The project organization is not used much by Canadian firms because their megaprojects are too large for the structure to work.

In which organization type is decision-making authority delegated to lower level managers so they can be more responsive to customers' needs?

A virtual organization typically has only a small number of employees.

What elements work together to determine an organization's structure? What types of circumstances affect this structure?

What organizational structure issues must Canadian firms address when they decide to "go global"?

Assigning tasks is the first step in the process of deciding who makes which decisions.

Which of the following is the best explanation of a matrix structure?