Exam 11: Managing Organization Design

Woodward found that successful firms employing small-batch and continuous-process technologies are similar to which of the following organization designs?

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of organic organizations?

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.

WMC Corporation uses a departmentalized structure based on different product groups set up as profit centers.The general managers of these profit centers report to a central corporate group that serves as a holding company.This is a ____ organization design.

Which of the following is an advantage associated with the matrix design?

A matrix design would NOT be effective when

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

When the product is manufactured in assembly-line fashion,____________________ or mass-production technology is used.

Special Exercises ​Girl Scouts USA builds girls of courage,confidence,and character.It is headquartered in New York City,where a staff of 400 directs the organization.There are 236,000 troops with 4 to 30 or more girls per troop.There are 2,303,388 youth and 878,904 adults registered in Girl Scouts.A troop has two adult volunteer troop leaders.The leaders attend monthly meetings where rules and regulations are clarified and upcoming opportunities are discussed.Troop activities are at the discretion of the leaders as long as they follow safety rules and file paperwork with supervisor's signatures more than six weeks in advance.​ Lava.com is an Internet company that helps other organizations put into action concepts that they hope will let them dominate the market in their industry.In its promotion,Lava.com states,"We ignore the rules,and we let no obstacle stand in your company's way⎯no matter how bold or impossible your idea may seem." The company is composed of eighteen bright young Internet experts.They have one large room,work on one project,and then float to another project.If you were to walk into the office,it would be next to impossible to tell the company's owners from its lowest-ranking employee.Lava.com believes that any one of its employees is capable of coming up with the perfect solution to its customers' problems;therefore,all ideas and opinions are considered before a final one is selected.The company employees have been known to work eighteen-hour days for weeks until a problem was solved.They have also quit work early on days that could be better enjoyed on the golf course.​ Match the following.You may use a response once,more than once,or not at all. -Technology

Many organizations are creating designs for themselves that minimize their need to adapt to changing circumstances and to a changing environment.

Match the following.You may use a response once,more than once,or not at all. -A mixture or combination of two or more of the major designs

Match the following.You may use a response once,more than once,or not at all. -Can share resources

The matrix designs enhance flexibility because teams can be created,redefined,and dissolved as needed.

The technology that is most effective with a System 4 design is ____ technology.

The Landon Corporation has three divisions that are very closely related and functional departments for personnel and information systems.Landon is using a hybrid design.

Royal Dutch Shell focuses on continuously immersing people in shared experiences,so the firm can promote an organic design populated by people with common knowledge,goals,and expectations.Which of the following terms BEST describes its organization design?

Virgin Group has divisions for media,active,atlantic,holiday,money,and trains.The general managers function independently of each other.This is an example of which organization design?

A strength of Likert's System design is that it finds one best way to design an organization.

Special Exercises ​Girl Scouts USA builds girls of courage,confidence,and character.It is headquartered in New York City,where a staff of 400 directs the organization.There are 236,000 troops with 4 to 30 or more girls per troop.There are 2,303,388 youth and 878,904 adults registered in Girl Scouts.A troop has two adult volunteer troop leaders.The leaders attend monthly meetings where rules and regulations are clarified and upcoming opportunities are discussed.Troop activities are at the discretion of the leaders as long as they follow safety rules and file paperwork with supervisor's signatures more than six weeks in advance.​ Lava.com is an Internet company that helps other organizations put into action concepts that they hope will let them dominate the market in their industry.In its promotion,Lava.com states,"We ignore the rules,and we let no obstacle stand in your company's way⎯no matter how bold or impossible your idea may seem." The company is composed of eighteen bright young Internet experts.They have one large room,work on one project,and then float to another project.If you were to walk into the office,it would be next to impossible to tell the company's owners from its lowest-ranking employee.Lava.com believes that any one of its employees is capable of coming up with the perfect solution to its customers' problems;therefore,all ideas and opinions are considered before a final one is selected.The company employees have been known to work eighteen-hour days for weeks until a problem was solved.They have also quit work early on days that could be better enjoyed on the golf course.​ Match the following.You may use a response once,more than once,or not at all. -Mechanistic organization

Which of the following characteristics does NOT describe the matrix form of organization design?