Exam 10: Designing Organizational Structure - Basic Designs

When Bryan is offered a chance to help direct the efforts of some employees assigned to his work group,he sees this new assignment as a(n)________.

Which of the following traditional organizational designs focuses on results by holding division managers responsible for what happens to their products and services?

Which of the following is a characteristic of an organic organization?

According to Woodward's studies,what type of production technology is best suited for a mechanistic structure?

In the case of functional departmentalization,jobs are grouped according to ________.

The greater the environmental uncertainty,the more an organization needs to become ________.

A disadvantage of ________ departmentalization is poor communication across the different groups.

In the early 20th century,automobiles were made one at a time by craftsmen who could perform every operation necessary to build the car.Henry Ford decided to limit the number of tasks each worker performed so each person could become expert in his position.With this practice,Ford introduced ________.

Which of the following is a characteristic of a mechanistic organization?

In the beginning,all employees at Tom's Welding performed whatever task was needed.Now the employees have gravitated to specific sets of tasks.Some use only stick welders; some weld only on aluminum.We can infer that as his business has grown,it has become more ________.

In stable and simple environments,________.

As organizations become more flexible and responsive to environmental trends,there is a distinct shift toward ________ decision making.

Bill manages the quality department.His people check parts made by the production departments to assure all specifications are met.Bill is ________.

After extensive job cuts to reduce costs,upper level managers are spending significant amounts of time solving problems in the production units.Lower level managers are resentful that they cannot make decisions for their own units.What recommendation would you make for this firm?

The line of authority that extends from upper organizational levels to lower levels,clarifying who reports to whom,is known as the ________.

The process of dividing work activities into separate job tasks is known as ________.

Once an organization grows past a certain size,the impact of size on organization structure strengthens.

________ refers to the rights inherent in a managerial position to tell people what to do and to expect them to do it.

A(n)________ organization is highly specialized and rigidly departmentalized.

Explain the concepts of mechanistic and organic structures.