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Define matrix structure.Identify a strength and a weakness of such a structure from an employee's viewpoint.

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Matrix structures are more complex forms...

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Which element of organizational structure signifies formal authority relationships?

A) Chain of command
B) Formalization
C) Centralization
D) Work specialization
E) Span of control

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Canadian Toy Manufacturer (CTM) groups its business units around the following divisions: educational toys,girl's toys,boy's toys,and electronic toys.CTM has created which of the following organizational structures?

Job performance is determined by organization structure.

Organizations 'let' a structure develop on its own without proactively designing it.

The degree to which rules and procedures are used to standardize behaviours and decisions in an organization is called:

Current research suggests that a _______ span of control is best for an organization's productivity.

One reason for developing a geographic structure has to do with satisfying different tastes of diverse customers in different regions.

Which of the following structures generally develop from companies with functional structures,whose interests and goals become too diverse for that structure to handle?

All of the following are elements of organizational structure,except?

The question of 'Who reports to whom?' is answered by which of the following elements of organizational structure?

Star Brokerage,Inc.(SBI) has grouped its work around the size and type of accounts they serve: Institutional Accounts,Pension Fund Accounts,and Personal Accounts.SBI has created which of the following organizational structures?

South Park Erasures is the low-cost producer of one type of standard erasures.Given that it operates in a fairly stable environment,the company focuses on making its product as efficiently as possible.Which of these organizational structures may be appropriate for South Park?

Bureaucracies are designed for efficiency and rely on high levels of work specialization,formalization,centralization of authority,rigid and well-defined chains of command,and relatively narrow spans of control.

Which of the following structures revolve around the different tastes of customers in different regions and the size of the locations that need to be covered by different salespeople?

Which of the following environmental effects has the largest implications for organizational structure?

Which of the following structures makes sense when firms diversify to the point that the products they sell are so different that managing them becomes overwhelming?

Organic organizations are described as a structure that relies on which of the following?

Kristine was asked to collect evidence on which element of organizational structure?

Companies that focus on a differentiation strategy are more likely to take a mechanistic approach to organizational design.