Exam 5: Organisational Structure and Design

Which of the following is common strategy used by organisations that must deal with economic downturns?

A construction site supervisor who sees an impending thunderstorm and tells workers to go home is demonstrating _________.

Who coined the term boundaryless organisation? return to a different division

Early proponents of work specialisation early in the twentieth century found that the practice ultimately resulted in _________.

In an orchestra, a vertical boundary exists between which of the following?

What kind of departmentalisation would be in place in a government agency in which there are separate departments that provide services for employers, employed workers, unemployed workers and the disabled?

Joan Woodward attempted to view organisational structure from a technological perspective.

In a short essay, describe the characteristics of a divisional structure.

The greater the environmental uncertainty, the more an organisation needs to become _________.

Larger organisations tend to have _________ than smaller organisations.

Managers who are looking for ways to make their organisation more flexible and innovative would most likely choose a _________ structure.

All of the following are characteristics of a highly formalised organisation except _________.

Which term best describes a mechanistic organisation?

In Woodward's study, this type of production combined high vertical differentiation and low horizontal differentiation.

A company that is trying to be a leader in innovation within its industry would be most likely to have this kind of structure.

The two prevalent organisation structure models in today's world are the organic organisation and the mechanistic organisation.

A(n) _________ organisation is able to change rapidly as needs require.

Vertical boundaries separate employees by their rank in an organisation.