Exam 8: Organizational Structure and Design

A learning organization develops the capability to ________.

Having separate payroll departments in each division of a divisional structure is an example of which of the following?

Authority gives an individual the right to do this.

A virtual organization relies on freelancers who have no permanent status or position in the organization.

Which of the following would likely be found in mechanistic organizations?

The importance of unity of command has diminished in today's workplace because of its tendency to be ________.

In a short essay, list and discuss two contingency variables that should be considered in determining an appropriate structure in organizational design.

The stability of a mechanistic structure seems to work best in today's dynamic and uncertain business environment.

As represented in a hierarchical organization diagram, authority is based on ________.

A media company that has separate, autonomous companies for movies, TV, Internet, and print journalism is most likely a ________ structure.

As an organization grows to a size of over 2,000 employees, it finds it hard to avoid becoming more ________.

A strength of a functional structure is that it avoids duplication.

In a short essay, describe the characteristics of a divisional structure.

In a team structure, team members ________.

A building contractor follows the network organization model when he does which of the following?

All of the following are part of the process of organizational design EXCEPT ________.

What kind of departmentalization would be in place in a government agency in which there are separate departments that provide services for employers, employed workers, unemployed workers, and the disabled?

Grouping jobs on the basis of major product areas is termed customer departmentalization.

A traditional "top down" organization is ________ organization.

Joan Woodward attempted to view organizational structure from a technological perspective.