organizing correct answers The deployment of organizational resources to achieve strategic goals.
Follows from strategy
Organizing define HOW to do it.
correct answers The deployment of resources is reflected in the organization's division of labor into specific departments and jobs, formal...
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organizing correct answers The deployment of organizational resources to achieve strategic
goals.
Follows from strategy
Organizing define HOW to do it.
correct answers The deployment of resources is reflected in the organization's division of
labor into specific departments and jobs, formal lines of authority, and mechanisms for
coordination diverse organizations tasks.
Organization structure correct answers The framework in which the organization defines how
tasks are divided, resources are deployed, and and departments are coordinated.
1) the set of formal tasks assigned to individuals and departments
2) formal reporting relationships, including lines of authority, decision responsibility, number
of hierarchical levels, and span of managers control
3) the design of systems to ensure effective coordination of employees across departments.
correct answers Organizing process leads to the creation of organization, which defines how
tasks are divided and resources deployed.
Organization chart correct answers The visual representation of an organization's structure.
-Characteristics of a vertical structure.
*Delineates the chain of command
*Indicates departmental tasks and how they fit together
*provide order and logic for the organization
correct answers Every employee has an appointed task, line of authority and decisions
responsibility.
Work specialization, Division of labor correct answers The degree to which organizational
tasks at subdivided into individual jobs, also stalled division labor.
- Jobs tend to be small, bur performed efficiently
Chain of Command correct answers An unbroken line of authority that links all individuals in
the organization and specifies who reports to whom.
Two underlying principles:
Unity of Command: each employee is held accountable to only one supervisor
Scalar Principle: clearly defined line of authority in the organization that includes all
employees.
Authority correct answers The formal and legitimate rights of a manager to make decisions,
issue orders, and allocate resources to achieve organizationally desired outcomes.
1) Authority is vested in organization positions, not people.
2) Authority is accepted by subordinates.
- Acceptance theory of authority: argues that a manger has authority only if subordinates
choose to accept his/her commands.
3) Authority flows down the vertical hierarchy.
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