Exam 12: Managing Organization Design

The Siemens sectors are industry,energy,healthcare,and infrastructure and cities,which all require strong engineering.Siemens uses related diversification.The divisions are

Compare and contrast the functional,conglomerate,and divisional forms of organization design structure.What are the advantages and disadvantages of these forms of structure? Use diagrams if they will clarify your explanation.

The Aston studies found basic generalizations.Which of the following is NOT one of them?

Which of the following is NOT a factor in the situational view of organization design?

When people float from project to project with little or no underlying functional authority in organizational units,a(n)____________________ organization design is said to exist.

Organizations that select a prospecting business strategy would want to use a bureaucratic design in order to control the rapid changes occurring in the organization.

A firm that pursues a single-product strategy likely relies on ____________________ departmentalization.

Kansas State University operates in a relatively stable environment.According to the work of Burns and Stalker,which form of organization design is most appropriate for the university?

____________________ design is an arrangement based on the functional approach to departmentalization. or

Heinrich works for Siemens Corporation.He lives in New York City and reports to both the communications president in Munich and the president in charge of Siemens Americas.He works in a ____ design organization.

Which of the following approaches to organization design automatically creates lateral relationships?

Which of the following statements about Likert's approach is FALSE?

Tesla Motors is a California start-up.It keeps units small and flexible,allowing them to quickly adapt to changing environments.Tesla is most likely a ____ organization.

Not long ago,there was no such thing as a dot-com company,but because of rapid technological evolution,many dot-com companies have been created,have been briefly successful,and have failed in a relatively short period.Those that have remained have had to be responsive to changes in their ever-changing external environments.As a rule,you would expect dot-com companies to have a(n)____ design.

Briefly describe the special design issues faced when a company "goes international."

M-form stands for ____________________ design.

According to Burns and Stalker,firms that use an organic design are the most successful firms in a stable environment.

The bureaucratic model is the model of organization design consistent with the human relations movement that stresses attention to developing work groups and concern with interpersonal processes.

Organic organizations do not go through the organization life cycle.

A company that sells names and addresses for direct mail and Internet marketing has subcontracted out the research and development procedures for putting together mailing lists.It has a small sales force,but uses a telemarketing company to locate businesses that are prospects for its mailing lists.Which of the following terms BEST describes its organization design?