Exam 16: Organizational Structure and Design

The organic model seeks to maximize ____________________.

How would you describe the "departmentalization" of your university?

With _____________,the same organizational structure and operating policies and procedures that exist in the existing domestic organization are used when setting up a foreign subsidiary.

Loan officers are often associated with industrial,commercial,or agricultural loans.This is an example of a(n)_______ form of departmentalization.

Clients or customers should never be a basis for grouping jobs.

What is the principal historical reason for the creation of organizations?

Wide spans of control encourage one-on-one supervision.

Why may a manager believe that delegating authority will lead to lower levels of effectiveness?

The Federal Express structure,with regional presidents and their "armies," is modeled after a system made popular by the:

Which of the following statements about boundaryless organizations is false?

Likert used the terms "System-1" and "System-4" to refer to ________ organizations respectively.

Departments in Japanese firms are most often based on _______________.

List and define the three dimensions that are often used in research and practice to describe structure.

The _______ chain is the route for all vertical communications in an organization.

At present,all of the following dimensions are used in research and practice to describe organizational structure except:

All of the following were presented as suggestions for enhancing individual success within a matrix organization except:

High delegation of authority creates the need for _______________.

Organizations that decentralize (delegate)authority enable managers to:

The dimension of _______________ refers to the extent to which expectations regarding the means and ends of work are specified,written,and enforced.

According to Weber,the bureaucratic structure is superior to any other form in ___________.