Exam 16: Organizational Structure and Design

Why may the cost of a divisional structure sometimes exorbitant?

Scientific management largely focused on methods to implement the principle of ________.

A divisional structure has a notable advantage over other structures in its efficiency.

A relatively high delegation of authority discourages the development of management.

Work in e-commerce,consulting,marketing,and job searching seems best suited for _______________ organizations.

With the _______________ model of organizational design,decision making,control,and goal setting are decentralized and shared at all levels of the organization.

Compare mechanistic and organic organizational design.

Generally,the issue of span of control comes down to how many _______________ a manager can oversee.

Functional departments are made up of jobs with great differences.

_______________ is the right to make decisions without approval by a higher manager and to extract obedience from other people.

Manufacturing plants often divide work into fabricating and assembly,with individuals assigned to one of these two activities.This division of work is called _______________ differentiation.

What are the most distinct differences between the organic and the mechanistic organizational models?

Specialization of labor contributes primarily to horizontal differentiation.

Some organizations have eliminated the hierarchy through which authority flows from the highest-level manager to the lowest-level manager.

Delegation of authority contributes to vertical differentiation.

Subaru's Indiana manufacturing plant was the first auto assembly plant in the world to:

The _______ the specialization of labor,the _________ the complexity.

Departments in Japanese firms are more often based on function and process than on product,customer,or location.

The ______ organization is flexible to changing environmental demands because its design encourages greater utilization of human potential.

"Flattening" an organization decreases the average span of control of each manager.