Exam 10: Basic Elements of Organizing

In the past,special education teachers were required only to teach their students.Now,a common complaint is that the massive amounts of required paperwork keeps them from performing any of their job duties well.In this case,____ did not produce satisfied workers.

The primary reason for ____________________ is to enable the manager to get more work done.

Organizing

Many experts agree that businesses can function effectively with fewer layers of organization than they currently have.Since 2009,the government has added more than 62,000 federal employees.This suggest that the federal government is a(n)______ organization.

Span of management is the

Yoshiko is the manager of the accounting department.She has an assistant manager who reports to her.Six supervisors also report to her from other divisions.The supervisors have three subordinates each.Yoshiko has a span of management of

In which alternative to specialization does the job itself remain the same,which means satisfaction usually wanes quickly?

The drill press operators depend on the milling machine operators to provide them with parts on which to work.This represents ____________________ interdependence.

Which of the following is most likely to cause line managers to see staff members as a threat to their authority?

Derda,Inc.manufactures equipment used for professional woodworking.It has one department devoted to producing embossing machines,which are used to create wood moldings and panels.It has another department that produces sanding machines.The departments interact very little on a day-to-day basis,and their only responsibility to each other is to see that they both contribute to Derda's success.There is,however,an engineer assigned to the embosser department who stays in contact with people in the sander department to make sure that each is being treated equitably.As the engineer has no formal role,he is likely playing the coordinating role of

Which of the following coordination techniques is appropriate when interdependence is of the complex reciprocal variety?

No organization is ever completely decentralized or completely centralized;some firms position themselves toward one end of the continuum,and some lean the other way.

Rose Marie's boss tells her what to do,not how to do it.Which of the following statements is TRUE?

Which of the following factors does NOT influence the effectiveness of the span of management?

The primary reason for ____________________ is that departments and work groups are interdependent.

____ results from maximum delegation throughout the organization.

Managers depend on their administrative assistants to schedule their calendar and arrange travel.The administrative assistants,in turn,depend on their managers to update the calendar and set priorities.This represents ____________________ interdependence.

Canine Companions for Independence's puppy raiser volunteers attend monthly classes to learn how to train the puppy.The classes create some

Laundry is never done.Unless it is done naked,doing laundry creates more work.Laundry lacks ____.

Growth-need strength is presumed to affect how the job characteristics approach works for different people.