Exam 11: Managing Organization Design

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.

Automakers build prototype vehicles first.This requires ____ technology.

Match the following.You may use a response once,more than once,or not at all. -Superimposing project/product structure over functional

Employees at Recordings for the Blind and Dyslexic met at a minor league baseball game to do an offsite meeting and enjoy a relaxed,friendly environment Which bureaucratic characteristic does this violate?

Match the following.You may use a response once,more than once,or not at all. -Few permanent employees

Match the following.You may use a response once,more than once,or not at all. -McNeil making Tylenol

Volkswagen makes automobiles.It uses ____ technology.

The ______ design's basic objective is to optimize internal competition and cooperation.

A ____ organization works to facilitate the lifelong learning and personal development of all of its employees while continually transforming itself to respond to changing demands and needs.

The divisional (M-Form)design is based on unrelated diversification.

The CEO of Abercrombie and Fitch,Michael Jeffries,personally interviews ad models and approves every detail of store operations-actions typical of CEOs of smaller companies.Based on Jeffries' level of control,which of the following organization designs would you expect it to use?

Corporate and business strategies both affect organization ____________________.

System ____________________ design is similar to the bureaucratic model.

Weber's perspective suggests that a(n)____________________ is a model of organization design based on a legitimate and formal system of authority.

Staples print shop prints whatever the customer requests.What class of technology does it use?

A System 1 organization is most like

GM used a new strategy when it designed the Saturn division separately from the previous divisions.GM uses a ____ design.

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. -Behavioral model

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.

If a firm is using related diversification,there must be a high level of coordination among the various units to capitalize on the presumed ____________________ inherent in this strategy.