Exam 5: Designing Organizational Structure: Authority and Control

Weber was against putting rules in writing, because he was in favor of an empowered workforce making its own decisions about how to best accomplish the task.

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Question 21

________ occurs when a person's tasks or authority are not clearly defined and the person becomes afraid to act on or take authority for anything.

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Question 22

An arithmetic increase in the number of managers is accompanied by a geometric increase in the number of subordinates.

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Question 23

What does an organization not do to improve control?

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Question 24

According to Weber, rational-legal authority emerges from the level of authority that is associated with the position a person occupies.

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Question 25

If an organization with 3,000 employees has seven levels in its hierarchy, research would predict that if the organization tripled in size to 9,000 employees, it would have approximately 21 levels in its hierarchy.

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Question 26

If the span of control is too wide:

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Question 27

Rose supervises Iris, who in turn supervises Violet and Daisy. Violet has four subordinates and Daisy has six. Present spans of control are as follows:

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Question 28

Which of the following is not a potential disadvantage of a bureaucratic structure?

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Question 29

Which of the following organizations will most likely have the narrowest span of control?

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Question 30

________ states that an organization should choose the minimum number of hierarchical levels consistent with its goals and the environment in which it operates.

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Question 31

Which of the following prevents subordinates from neglecting tasks that are a part of their jobs?

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Question 32

With a growth in organizational size, there is a design choice between increasing the number of levels in management and decreasing the span of control.

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Question 33

Organizations that empower workers will typically:

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Question 34

An organization in which the hierarchy has many levels relative to the size of the organization is called ________.

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Question 35

Management by objectives is a form of goal setting in an organizational setting.

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Question 36

Which of the following was primarily used to control the behavior of Crew G?

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Question 37

Which of the following principles can help an organization avoid unnecessary layoffs?

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Question 38

Weber's principles can help a CEO with his or her responsibility for:

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Question 39

Standardization makes it easier to increase span of control.

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Weber was against putting rules in writing, because he was in favor of an empowered workforce making its own decisions about how to best accomplish the task.

________ occurs when a person's tasks or authority are not clearly defined and the person becomes afraid to act on or take authority for anything.

An arithmetic increase in the number of managers is accompanied by a geometric increase in the number of subordinates.

What does an organization not do to improve control?

According to Weber, rational-legal authority emerges from the level of authority that is associated with the position a person occupies.

If an organization with 3,000 employees has seven levels in its hierarchy, research would predict that if the organization tripled in size to 9,000 employees, it would have approximately 21 levels in its hierarchy.

If the span of control is too wide:

Rose supervises Iris, who in turn supervises Violet and Daisy. Violet has four subordinates and Daisy has six. Present spans of control are as follows:

Which of the following is not a potential disadvantage of a bureaucratic structure?

Which of the following organizations will most likely have the narrowest span of control?

________ states that an organization should choose the minimum number of hierarchical levels consistent with its goals and the environment in which it operates.

Which of the following prevents subordinates from neglecting tasks that are a part of their jobs?

With a growth in organizational size, there is a design choice between increasing the number of levels in management and decreasing the span of control.

Organizations that empower workers will typically:

An organization in which the hierarchy has many levels relative to the size of the organization is called ________.

Management by objectives is a form of goal setting in an organizational setting.

Which of the following was primarily used to control the behavior of Crew G?

Which of the following principles can help an organization avoid unnecessary layoffs?

Weber's principles can help a CEO with his or her responsibility for:

Standardization makes it easier to increase span of control.

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