Exam 15: Organizational Design and Structure

An organization that is high in formalization, centralization, specialization, standardization, and complexity and has a tall hierarchy of authority is said to be highly _____.​

As the level of centralization increases in an organization, the probability of _____ also increases.​

In a _____ personality-organization constellation, people are suspicious of each other, hence distrust in working relationships may interfere with effective communication and task accomplishment.​

Which of the following is most likely a reason why decision making is of poor quality in a weak or deficient organizational structure?​

_____ is the design process of linking tasks together to form an organizational structure that supports goal accomplishment.​

The _____ is the appropriate measure of an organization's size when discussing the design of organizational structure.​

_____ is defined as the tools, techniques, and actions used by an organization to transform inputs into outputs.​

The demands placed on managers and on process capabilities in turn place demands on organizational:​

Besides the obvious geographic differences associated with globalization, there may be deep cultural and value-system differences between the various countries that an organization operates in.

Which of the following statements is true of the divisionalized form of organizational structure?​

_____ help individuals understand their roles in an organization, especially in times of crisis.​

In the context of Mintzberg's organizational structures, the simple structure achieves coordination through _____.​

One potential problem with _____ is that corporations can become pitted against sovereign nations when rules and laws conflict across national borders.​

The _____ of an organization is most easily defined as anything outside the boundaries of that organization.​

According to Perrow's classification schemes for technology, problem analyzability examines the:​

Horizontal differentiation is the difference in authority and responsibility in an organizational hierarchy.

_____ has the potential to give an organization political and legal advantages in a country because the organization will be identified as a local company.​

As an organization's size increases, its complexity decreases.

In the context of structural dimensions in organizations, _____ refers to the extent to which work activities are described and performed routinely in the same way.​

As the level of formalization increases in an organization, the probability of _____ also increases.​