Question

1. Question : All of the following organizations would be very likely to use an organic organizational structure EXCEPT

Blank Walls, an advertising agency

Wonderlight, a manufacturing plant

Smith &Gerot, a management consulting firm

Rough Draft, a graphic design group

Question 2. Question : At which of Alfred Chandler’s four stages of structural development does high product demand cause a crisis for a company?

Stage 1

Stage 2

Stage 3

Stage 4

Question 3. Question : Authority consists of which two key components?

the right to act and permission to direct

the right to direct and permission to act

the right to decide and permission to repair

the right to repair and permission to decide

Question 4. Question : During the job design phase, who decides specific job tasks?

share holders

managers

employees

consultants

Question 5. Question : The organizing function includes all of the following activities EXCEPT

job design

departmentalization

specification

funding

Question 6. Question : A manager’s span of control refers to

how many subordinates she oversees

what departments she supervises

what expertise she brings to her position

how long she has held her current position

Question 7. Question : The most common form of departmentalization is by _______________.

product

function

geographic region

customer

Question 8. Question : Management theorist Henry Mintzberg outlined five common parts of an organization’s structural configuration: the operating core, the strategic apex, the middle line, ____________________, and _____________________.

support staff; subordinate workers

design analysts; technostructure

top-level managers; subordinate workers

technostructure; support staff

Question 9. Question : At which of Alfred Chandler’s four stages of structural development does product diversification occur?

Stage 1

Stage 2

Stage 3

Stage 4

Question 10. Question : Brenda is an electrician with Bright Light Home and Business. Into which category of job does she best fit?

semiskilled blue collar

skilled blue collar

semiprofessional

professional