Exam 8: Supervisory Principles for Organizing

Employee productivity skyrockets at firms that downsize repeatedly because the remaining workers want to be sure that they are not the next to be let go.

Upper-level managers generally have more subordinates than first-level supervisors.

Which of the following describes the principle of organizational stability?

The span of management principle states that:

The project management type organizational structure is a good example of how to use the unity-of-command principle effectively.

Which of the following statements about project management type organizational structures is NOT True?

Landing Page Services has spent the last several months streamlining production and cross-training employees so they can do multiple tasks. Landing Page most likely uses which of the following?

Samuel works for the Human Resources department, and provides information to both the Sales and Finance departments among others. Samuel works for a:

Work specialization holds that jobs can be divided into smaller components and tasks to increase efficiency and output.

The quality of line/staff relationships depends on how clearly top-level managers have defined the scope of activities and authority of the staff.

Organizing the overall activities of the enterprise is the responsibility of the chief executive, not the supervisors.

Sean and Maurice, colleagues at work, get along very well. They regularly discuss professional as well as social matters, and occasionally meet after work with their families. This type of relationship demonstrates what type of organization?

What must be taken into consideration when trying to identify the appropriate span of management?

Other names for downsizing are right-sizing and restructuring.

There is less confusion when an employee reports to multiple supervisors because there are more people to guide the employee in the right direction.

Departments exist because no one can manage an unlimited number of employees.

Which of the following is covered in a job specification?

Managers at IT Inc. see a great deal of employee turnover. For this reason, supervisors avoid becoming overly reliant on any one individual lest that individual choose to leave in the near future. IT Inc. is employing which management principle?

ARVA International is a nonprofit organization that strives to promote social justice throughout the world. At ARVA, employees continually improve their skills and expand their capacities to meet the organization's social mission. ARVA International can best be described as what type of organization?

One concern of a virtual corporation is that a firm might lose control over its own operations.