Exam 11: Organization Design

Paul Abdul Oil Corporation (PAOC) began as a relatively small oil company. As PAOC has grown, the company has gained a highly trained group of managers and analysts at the corporate headquarters. This group is highly adaptive in its structure. Members of this group do not have standardized jobs, but are empowered to handle diverse job activities and problems. PAOC seems to have a(n) ________ structure.

________ is a type of technology that centers on small-batch production.

Lacey believes that Joan Woodward's work will be particularly pertinent in considering Custom Leather's organizational structure, since Woodward believed that the effectiveness of the organization was related to the fit between the firm's structure and ________.

Explain the traditional view of span of control.

An organic organization strictly adheres to the chain-of-command principle and has a wide span of control.

Explain the concepts of mechanistic and organic structures.

________ is the formal arrangement of jobs within an organization.

Which of the following traditional organizational designs focuses on results by holding division managers responsible for what happens to their products and services?

Discuss the three traditional organizational designs and highlight the strengths and weaknesses of each.

Which of the following statements accurately defines work specialization?

What kind of departmentalization would be in place in a government organization where different public service responsibilities are divided into activities for employees, children, and the disabled?

In highly ________ organizations, there are explicit job descriptions, numerous organizational rules, and clearly defined procedures covering work processes.

Which of the following factors calls for a more centralized organizational structure?

One characteristic of the matrix structure is that it ________.

________ is the degree to which decision making takes place at upper levels of the organization.

According to the traditional view, managers could not-and should not-directly supervise more than ________ subordinates.

A ________ is an organizational design that groups similar or related occupational specialties together.

Work teams composed of individuals from various functional specialties are known as ________ teams.

Large organizations tend to have more ________ than smaller organizations.

A ________ structure is one in which the entire organization is made up of work teams that do the organization's work.