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BUAD 304 Final Exam | Questions and Answers How jobs in a company are formally grouped, divided, and coordinated is called organizational structure Name the six aspects of organizational structure (hint SF DC WC) -span of control -formalization -departmentalization -chain of command -work special...

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How jobs in a company are formally grouped, divided, and coordinated is called
organizational structure

Name the six aspects of organizational structure (hint SF DC WC)
-span of control
-formalization
-departmentalization
-chain of command
-work specialization
-centralization

How wide or lean a company structure is referred to as its
span of control

How standardized a job is in an organization is called
Formalization

Just like how the army has a formal level hierarchy, companies do too. This is called the
chain of command

Instead of having one dude build a car, we have 100 of them work on it at once, each
working on only once part. This is called
work specialization

A company where the decision making is at top-level management is
Centralized

A company where the decision making is at low-level management is
Decentralized

What are the 5 types of departmentalization methods?
-Function
-Product
-Geography
-Process
-Customer

The smallest management structure is the
simple structure

The most standardized management structure is the
bureaucracy

,The structure that breaks the unity of command rule that combines function and product
departmentalization is called the
matrix structure

Give five organizational structure designs
-Simple structure
-matrix structure
-bureaucracy
-virtual organization
-boundaryless organization

What are the tradeoffs of work specialization?
Increased productivity for worker boredom/dissatisfaction

Unity of command states that
each worker should have one and only one supervisor

Entrepreneurs prefer ____ structure.
Simple

As simple structures grow, their inefficiency makes them transform into ______
Bureaucracy

What are two pros and two cons of simple structures?
they are inefficient and wholly dependent on the decisions of the owner, but they are
cheap and flexible

What are two pros and cons of bureaucracies?
efficient and low in labor costs, but inflexible/rule bound and has coordination problems

The matrix structure combines what two departmentalization methods?
product and function

Unit of command is broken by what organizational structure?
matrix structure

Give two pros and cons of matrix structures.
They can coordinate across multiple products and efficiently use specialists, but there
are power struggles/confusion and more stress.

This organizational structure places heavy emphasis on negotiation and collaboration in
order to succeed.
matrix structure - in order to mitigate power struggles

Virtual organizations are (organic/mechanistic)
organic

, Matrix structures are (organic/mechanistic)
Organic

Simple structures are (organic/mechanistic)
Organic

Organic structures have ____ formalization and are (centralized/decentralized)
low, decentralized

Mechanistic structures have ____ formalization and are (centralized/decentralized)
high, centralized

Give two pros and cons of boundaryless structures.
They are highly business focused and flexible which reduces control/coordination costs,
but they're difficult to implement, require new skillsets/methods, and new information
technology.

Mechanistic vs organic - contrast.
Mechanistic structures are highly formalized and centralized while organic structures
have low formalization and are decentralized.

What are the four factors that determine organizational structure?
-Strategy
-Size
-Technology
-Environment

Strategy is a factor that determines organizational structure - give some examples of
what this means
innovation vs imitation, degree of cost minimization

Describe a boundaryless organization
They're organic and organized around core processes (product development/sales).
They use multidiscipline teams to manage processes and communicate through
networked computers.

A conflict (must/sometimes/never) involve(s) more than one individual.
Must

The traditional view of conflict believes that
conflict is always bad and dysfunctional

What are the differences between functional and dysfunctional conflict?
Functional supports the goals of the group and improves performance while
dysfunctional lowers performance.

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