Exam 10: Designing Organisation Structure

In the____________________ (three words),employees are grouped together in departments by common skills and work activities,such as in an engineering department and an accounting department.

_______________ is the process managers use to transfer authority and responsibility to positions below them in the hierarchy.

In a __________ structure,all functions in a specific country or region report to the same division manager.

Jim of National Park Tours Ltd wishes to empower his subordinates to make decisions.This process is known as:

List the advantages and disadvantages of team-based structure.

_______________ means that decision authority is located near the ________________ of the organisation.

When its departments are grouped together on the basis of the organisation's outputs,the organisation is using a:

___________________ (two words)refers to the number of employees to report to a supervisor,and is also known as the span of control.

Line authority relates to the number of employees to report to a supervisor,whereas staff authority relates to the manner in which individuals in management positions have formal power to direct and control immediate employees.

____________________ means that the people with authority and responsibility are subject to reporting and justifying task outcomes to those above them in the chain of command.

_______________ refers to a strategy where individuals are grouped into departments,and departments into total organisations.

___________________ (two words)refers to frequent horizontal coordination and communication carried out through ongoing relationships of shared goals,shared knowledge and mutual respect.

__________ is the formal and legitimate right of a manager to make decisions.

Kempsey Herbal Solutions has been having numerous problems.Communication across departments is poor and decisions are backing up at the top of the organisation.Kempsey Herbal Solutions uses a __________ structure.

List the advantages and disadvantages of matrix structure.

Engineering refers to the radical redesign of the business process to achieve dramatic improvements in cost,quality,service and speed.

Change and uncertainty in the environment are usually associated with:

Which of the following characteristics distinguishes authority?

Relative to the functional structure,the divisional structure:

A(n)____________________ structure has a narrow span and has a relatively large number of hierarchical levels.