Question 1

Describe the virtual organization. Explain how the virtual organization could theoretically prove to be a more formidable competitor than any of the other types of organization in a highly complex, dynamic business environment.

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Question 2

Identify the five traditional approaches to organizational structure. Which one is best for a company to use? Explain your answer.

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Question 3

Define standardization and how is this concept is relevant to the degree of organizational centralization?

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Question 4

Functional departmentalization can be most accurately defined as:

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A) organizing work and workers into separate units responsible for particular business operations or areas of expertise. 
B) organizing work and workers into separate units responsible for producing particular products or services. 
C) organizing work and workers into separate units responsible for particular kinds of customers. 
D) organizing work and workers into separate units responsible for doing business in particular geographic areas. 
E) a hybrid structure in which two or more forms of departmentalization are used together.

Question 5

An organic organization is characterized by broadly defined jobs and responsibility; loosely defined, frequently changing roles; and decentralized authority and horizontal communication based on task knowledge.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

Senora is the CEO of a new company called BSL Corp. She has instructed the managers to use the traditional approach to create the organization's structure. What should the managers at BSL Corp. do?

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A) Create an organizational structure with vertical and horizontal configurations 
B) Use an organizational process to create a matrix design 
C) Create a virtual organization 
D) Use the organizational structure to control creativity 
E) Create a matrix structure that will adhere to the unity of command principle

Question 7

Which of the following statements about matrix departmentalization is true?

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A) Employees in an organization that uses matrix departmentalization report to only one boss. 
B) With matrix departmentalization, there tends to be less cross­functional interaction among employees than in other types of departmentalization. 
C) With matrix departmentalization, there is hardly any need for coordination between functional and project managers. 
D) The most common matrix combines product and functional departmentalization. 
E) Matrix workers are typically members of several functional departments.

Question 8

Using reciprocal interdependence, work must be performed in succession because one group or job's outputs become the inputs for the next group or job.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Under product departmentalization, it is easier for top managers to assess work-unit performance.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

Identify a true statement about functional departmentalization.

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A) Companies tend to use functional departmentalization when they are small or just starting out. 
B) Functional departmentalization is the least commonly used organizational structure. 
C) All functionally departmentalized companies have the same functions. 
D) The functional departments in a company that use functional structure are independent of the industry the company is in. 
E) Functional departmentalization enables easy cross­ department coordination.

Question 11

A virtual organization is part of a network in which many companies share skills, costs, capabilities, markets, and customers with each other.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

Senora is the CEO of a new company called BSL Corp. She has instructed the managers to use the traditional approach to create the organization's structure. What should the managers at BSL Corp. do?

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A) Create an organizational structure with vertical and horizontal configurations 
B) Use an organizational process to create a matrix design 
C) Create a virtual organization 
D) Use the organizational structure to control creativity 
E) Create a matrix structure that will adhere to the unity of command principle

Question 13

Define the concept of authority and list the four dimensions which have traditionally been characterized in organizations.

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Question 14

Departmentalization is a method of organizing work and workers into separate units responsible for particular business functions or areas of expertise.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

_____ can be best defined as a method of subdividing work and workers into separate organizational units that are responsible for completing particular tasks.

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A) Centralization 
B) Standardization 
C) Departmentalization 
D) Authorization 
E) Specialization

Question 16

While organizational structure emphasizes the activities through which work is done in the organization, organizational process emphasizes jobs and their authority relationships.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

Matrix departmentalization is a hybrid structure in which two or more forms of departmentalization, such as the product and functional forms are used together.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

Explain what is meant by the term departmentalization. List the five traditional approaches to departmentalization.

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Question 19

Functional departmentalization can be most accurately defined as:

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A) organizing work and workers into separate units responsible for particular kinds of customers. 
B) ​organizing work and workers into separate units responsible for particular business operations or areas of expertise. 
C) organizing work and workers into separate units responsible for doing business in particular geographic areas. 
D) organizing work and workers into separate units responsible for producing particular products or services. 
E) a hybrid structure in which two or more forms of departmentalization are used together.

Question 20

One of the advantages of a virtual organization is the fact that it allows member companies to share costs.

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A) True 
 B)False

Exam 9: Designing Adaptive Organizations

Describe the virtual organization. Explain how the virtual organization could theoretically prove to be a more formidable competitor than any of the other types of organization in a highly complex, dynamic business environment.

Identify the five traditional approaches to organizational structure. Which one is best for a company to use? Explain your answer.

Define standardization and how is this concept is relevant to the degree of organizational centralization?

Functional departmentalization can be most accurately defined as:

An organic organization is characterized by broadly defined jobs and responsibility; loosely defined, frequently changing roles; and decentralized authority and horizontal communication based on task knowledge.

Senora is the CEO of a new company called BSL Corp. She has instructed the managers to use the traditional approach to create the organization's structure. What should the managers at BSL Corp. do?

Which of the following statements about matrix departmentalization is true?

Using reciprocal interdependence, work must be performed in succession because one group or job's outputs become the inputs for the next group or job.

Under product departmentalization, it is easier for top managers to assess work-unit performance.

Identify a true statement about functional departmentalization.

A virtual organization is part of a network in which many companies share skills, costs, capabilities, markets, and customers with each other.

Senora is the CEO of a new company called BSL Corp. She has instructed the managers to use the traditional approach to create the organization's structure. What should the managers at BSL Corp. do?

Define the concept of authority and list the four dimensions which have traditionally been characterized in organizations.

Departmentalization is a method of organizing work and workers into separate units responsible for particular business functions or areas of expertise.

_____ can be best defined as a method of subdividing work and workers into separate organizational units that are responsible for completing particular tasks.

While organizational structure emphasizes the activities through which work is done in the organization, organizational process emphasizes jobs and their authority relationships.

Matrix departmentalization is a hybrid structure in which two or more forms of departmentalization, such as the product and functional forms are used together.

Explain what is meant by the term departmentalization. List the five traditional approaches to departmentalization.

Functional departmentalization can be most accurately defined as:

One of the advantages of a virtual organization is the fact that it allows member companies to share costs.