Exam 6: Designing Organizational Structure: Specialization and Coordination

Balancing centralization and decentralization is a concern in a geographic structure.

________ is the moving of a value creation activity that was done inside the organization to the outside, where it is done by another company.

A geographic structure organizes people according to:

A construction equipment manufacturer sells tractors and other farming equipment to individual farmers, large agricultural cooperatives, food processors, and the government. The company operates solely in the Midwest region of the United States. Which of the following structures is most appropriate for this organization?

A ________ structure is a design that groups people together on the basis of their common expertise and experience or because they use the same resources.

The IS department of a large organization decides to sell its information to the other divisions in order to better track profits. This is called ________.

People in a group can supervise each other in a functional structure.

A multidivisional matrix is a structure that entails several divisions adopting the matrix structure.

Employees move between teams most often in a ________ structure.

________ can sometimes overcome control problems in a functional structure, making it unnecessary to move to a more complex structure.

Which of the following mechanisms does a network structure use to coordinate activities?

A geographic structure is most appropriate for which of the following companies?

A hybrid structure is used when ________.

A market structure organizes people according to:

If control problems are due to the number and complexity of a company's products, which of the following structures is least appropriate?

Employees have two bosses in a ________ structure.

A large U.S. company operated in several businesses, including computers, disk drives, financial services, and defense satellites. Each division was self-contained. However, due to an economic downturn and changing market conditions, the company sold its noncore businesses of financial services and defense satellites in order to focus only on computer-related products. However, after making these sales, its costs were still high. What was the problem and how can it be resolved?

Amazon.com focused on the best way to divide into functions the total task of creating value for customers.

A hybrid structure is most effective when the market is too unstable to just use one structure.

A corporate headquarters staff is created in a ________ structure.