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1) This occurs when a manager gives an employee a task and allows the employee t

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Question

1) This occurs when a manager gives an employee a task and allows the employee to controls how the work is done.

(A) Delegation (B) Accountability (C) Authority (D) Responsibility

2) An organization with this structure has many layers of managers, each of whom supervises a small number of people.

(A) Organic structure (B) Tall structure (C) Network structure (D) Flat structure

3) This refers to the process of putting employees into groups so they can better complete organizational tasks.

(A) Decentralization (B) Centralization (C) Coordination (D) Departmentalization

4) Designed to improve communication across speciality lines, this structure can be based on products, customers, or geography. For example, the IRS has separate departments for individual and small-business taxpayers.

(A) Matrix approach (B) Functional structure (C) Divisional structure (D) Team-based structure

5) In a publishing company, this group could consist of software developers, editors, and marketing employees who meet periodically to solve digital production and distribution problems.

(A) Task force (B) Permanent team (C) Virtual network (D) Cross- functional team

6) A continuum that ranks organizations on the extent to which they use complicated machinery and software instead of people to produce their final products.

(A) Degital technology (B) Technical complexity (C) Service technology

7) In a company with high levels of this, employees from different departments work together closely to share information and solve problems.

(A) Centralization (B) Functional Development (C) Decentralization (D) Relational coordination

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1) An organizational ___________ is the visual representation of an organization's structure.

(A) Formal tasks/jobs

(B) Formal reporting relationships

(C) Coordination across departments

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1) The cost of renting one large sweater -selling stand at the market is less than the combined cost of renting five small stands.

(A) Benefit (B) Drawback

2) Each worker can devote more time to his task, because he does not have to spend time transporting sweaters to the market.

(A) Benefit (B) Drawback

3) If there are no other people engaged in these processes in the area, people focus on their own needs, not the goals of the organization.

(A) Benefit (B) Drawback

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1) Suppose an outside investor offers to buy all of the five men's capital and hire them as employees of a sweater-making corporation. The more risk averse the men are, the _________ likely they are to accept this offer.

(A) less (B) more

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1) When companies create departments based on functions (for example, accounting, human resources, production, and marketing), employee work tends to become more __________.

(A) Specializaed (B) Authoritative (C) Collaborative (D) Regional

Explanation / Answer

The correct options have been marked in bold.

1) This occurs when a manager gives an employee a task and allows the employee to controls how the work is done.

(A) Delegation

2) An organization with this structure has many layers of managers, each of whom supervises a small number of people.

(C) Network structure

3) This refers to the process of putting employees into groups so they can better complete organizational tasks.

(D) Departmentalization

4) Designed to improve communication across speciality lines, this structure can be based on products, customers, or geography. For example, the IRS has separate departments for individual and small-business taxpayers.

C) Divisional structure

5) In a publishing company, this group could consist of software developers, editors, and marketing employees who meet periodically to solve digital production and distribution problems.

(D) Cross- functional team

6) A continuum that ranks organizations on the extent to which they use complicated machinery and software instead of people to produce their final products.

(B) Technical complexity

7) In a company with high levels of this, employees from different departments work together closely to share information and solve problems.

(C) Decentralization

________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

1) An organizational ___________ is the visual representation of an organization's structure.

(A) Formal tasks/jobs

(B) Formal reporting relationships

(C) Coordination across departments

_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

1) The cost of renting one large sweater -selling stand at the market is less than the combined cost of renting five small stands.

(A) Benefit

2) Each worker can devote more time to his task, because he does not have to spend time transporting sweaters to the market.

(A) Benefit

3) If there are no other people engaged in these processes in the area, people focus on their own needs, not the goals of the organization.

(B) Drawback

__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

1) Suppose an outside investor offers to buy all of the five men's capital and hire them as employees of a sweater-making corporation. The more risk averse the men are, the _________ likely they are to accept this offer.

(B) more

________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________-

1) When companies create departments based on functions (for example, accounting, human resources, production, and marketing), employee work tends to become more __________.

(A) Specializaed