Exam 6: Organizing the Business

What is the preferred span of control when jobs are more diversified or prone to change?

Which of the following questions would different All American Burger restaurants be most likely to answer differently?

Which of the following structures relies on product departmentalization?

Firms with production, marketing, human resource, and finance departments have a process form of organization.

Which term describes creating and maintaining the innovation and flexibility of a small business environment within the confines of a large, bureaucratic structure?

What are the four basic forms of organizational structure? Briefly describe each.

List and describe the three forms of authority.

Organizational structure is a function of the organization's mission and strategy.

Line, staff, and committee and team forms of authority are not likely to all be found within the same organization.

Describe the informal organization and the position of intrapreneuring within this structure.

Geographic departmentalization divides firms according to the areas of the country or the world that they serve.

What is the power to make the decisions necessary to complete a task called?

Describe a learning organization.

List three factors that may affect a manager's span of control.

How might a divisional structure benefit Ace Products?

In a centralized structure, most decision-making authority is delegated to levels of management at various points below the top.

Which statement about line departments is True?

An international organization is one in which traditional boundaries and structures are minimized or eliminated altogether.

Why are centralization and decentralization, delegation, and authority the key ingredients in establishing the decision-making hierarchy?

Intrapreneuring attempts to create and maintain the innovation and flexibility found in large, bureaucratic structures.