Midterm Review MGMT 443 Exam Questions and Answers
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Structure - Answer-The aspect of an organization that determines where formal authority resides for the org's operations, designates formal reporting or authority relationships, establishes how employees are grouped together in units or departments, and describes how these departments coordinate wi...
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Midterm Review MGMT 443 Exam
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Structure - Answer-The aspect of an organization that determines where formal
authority resides for the org's operations, designates formal reporting or authority
relationships, establishes how employees are grouped together in units or departments,
and describes how these departments coordinate with each other is known as
Horizontal complexity - Answer-In organizational design, the number of departments of
occupational specialties that exist horizontally in the organization is used to measure
which property of an organizational structure?
Hierarchy of authority - Answer-Which of the following properties of organizational
structure describes who reports to whom in the organization?
Centralization - Answer-In organizational design, the hierarchical level where decisions
are made is captured by:
They are made up of elements that interact in ways that can be difficult to predict -
Answer-What do we mean when we say that organizations are complex?
The organization's suppliers - Answer-Which of the following is not one of the elements
of Galbraith's star model of organizational design?
The capabilities necessary to execute its strategy - Answer-According to Galbraith, any
organizational design should begin by what element?
Organizational capabilities - Answer-Unique, integrated combinations of skills,
processes, and human abilities created and housed within an organization are known
as
Operating goals - Answer-Which of the following are short term, measurable, specific to
the actual procedures of the organization?
True - Answer-A firm's goals and the strategy they follow to succeed in attaining these
goals determine the capabilities that the organizational design must build in order to
facilitate the firm's success.
True - Answer-Organizations with problems of structural deficiency are likely to exhibit
dysfunctional conflict among units or employees.
Integration - Answer-What is the process of coordinating various tasks, functions, or
divisions, so that they work together rather than independently?
, Differentiation - Answer-What is the process by which an organization creates new
positions and departments with unique responsibilities?
False - Answer-The rule of thumb is that higher levels of differentiation call for lower
levels of integration.
Liaison - Answer-Which of the following is not one of the vertical linkages that facilitate
coordination of activities between the top and bottom of the organization?
Relational coordination - Answer-_________ refers to frequent, timely, problem-solving
communication carried out through relationships of shared goals, shared knowledge,
and mutual respect.
Full-time integrator - Answer-Which of the following horizontal linkages is defined as a
person who, without reporting to any of the functional departments being coordinated,
has the responsibility for coordinating several departments?
High coordination across functions - Answer-Which of the following is an advantage of a
divisional structure?
Divisional - Answer-With a _______ structure, separate divisions can be organized with
responsibility for individual products, services, product groups, major projects or
programs, divisions, business, or profit centers.
It is used to promote flexibility and change - Answer-Which of the following is true of a
divisional structure?
Frequent meetings are time consuming - Answer-Which of the following is disadvantage
of matrix organizations?
Depth of functional expertise - Answer-Which of the following is an advantage of
functional structures?
Functional structure - Answer-In a _________, activities are grouped together by
common function from the bottom to the top of the organization.
It allows economies of scale (efficient operations) and therefore, reduction of costs. -
Answer-Which of the following is a strength of a functional structure?
It works best in large organizations with few or one product - Answer-Which of the
following is not true about matrix organizations?
Horizontal - Answer-Which of the following is not a type of divisional structure?
It often results in hierarchy overload - Answer-Which of the following is true of a
functional structure?
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