Question 1

A virtual organization may not even have a permanent office.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

Discuss what communities of practice are and what managers can do to foster their creation and development.

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Communities of practice are groups of pe...

Question 3

Which of the following is true about communities of practice?

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A)   they provide only qualitative, rather than quantitative, value
B)   they can span multiple companies
C)   they meet regularly
D)   they meet in person
E)   none of these

Question 4

Formalization reflects the extent to which organizational rules, procedures, and communications are

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A)   ethical.
B)   fair.
C)   written down.
D)   comprehensive.
E)   top-down.

Question 5

One factor influencing organizational structure is the organization's technology, which is also called its

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A)   hours of operation.
B)   business strategy.
C)   organizational chart.
D)   primary production system.
E)   secondary production system.

Question 6

Creating smaller units within a larger organization can increase which of the following?

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A)   flexibility
B)   adaptability
C)   decision-making speed
D)   all of these
E)   none of these

Question 7

When a firm uses _________, it makes large volumes of identical products, typically using assembly lines and machines.

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A)   unit production
B)   mass production
C)   continuous production
D)   a primary production system
E)   a matrix structure

Question 8

​Match each scenario with the type of production that it most clearly illustrates.
-mass

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A)  Workers in an assembly line put pickles in cans.
B)  A power station produces electricity for a city.
C)  A craftsman makes custom jewelry to order.

Question 9

____ is the extent to which workers in an organization specialize as opposed to performing a variety of tasks as generalists.

Accepted Answer

A)   Segregation
B)   Departmentalization
C)   Differentiation
D)   Administrative component
E)   Division of labor

Question 10

Which term refers to a group of people whose shared expertise and interest in a joint enterprise informally binds them together?

Accepted Answer

A)   community of practice
B)   task force
C)   liaison role
D)   direct contact
E)   cross-functional team

Question 11

Organizations with a _________ create horizontal or vertical teams that can define part or all of the organization.

Accepted Answer

A)   division structure
B)   team-based structure
C)   network structure
D)   virtual structure
E)   centralized structure

Question 12

Departmentalization by customer is based heavily on geography.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

Large organizations tend to be _________ than small organizations.

Accepted Answer

A)   more flexible
B)   less centralized
C)   less bureaucratic
D)   more bureaucratic
E)   none of these

Question 14

In which integrating mechanism do managers from different units informally work together to coordinate or to identify and solve shared problems?

Accepted Answer

A)   community of practice
B)   task force
C)   liaison role
D)   direct contact
E)   cross-functional team

Question 15

Larger organizations tend to have ________ specialization and departmentalization and ______ rules than do smaller firms.

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A)   less, less
B)   more, more
C)   less, more
D)   more, less
E)   neither more nor less, neither more nor less

Question 16

Compared to wider spans of control, narrow spans of control are _________ costly and provide _________ supervision and coaching.

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A)   less, more
B)   more, less
C)   less, less
D)   more, more
E)   equally, just as much

Question 17

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​Match each scenario with the type of structure that it most clearly illustrates.
-​team-based structure

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A)  ​Jack's organization consists entirely of permanent project groups that report only to their project leader.
B)  In Jacob's organization, when a project comes up, a cross-level and cross-functional team is formed to tackle it.Once the project ends, the team dissolves.
C)  One of the most stressful things about Edi's job is that her two bosses -- her functional manager and her project manager -- often give her conflicting instructions.When she points this out, they engage in bitter power struggles.
D)  ​Miranda's organization is actually a collection of autonomous firms.She spends a lot of her time coordinating the activities of the various firms to which she contracts out her organizational functions.
E)  ​Shepard just founded a new organization and does most of the tasks himself with a few friends.He also makes nearly all of the decisions for the firm.F) The company Samara works for is made up of departments consisting of people who do similar activities.G) ​As Talia's company grows, sheincreases the division of labor, standardization of work procedures, and written rules in order to more effectively manage the increasing number of employees.

Question 18

Efficient use of labor is one of the advantages of division of labor.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

The structure of an organization is defined as

Accepted Answer

A)   the basic purpose of the organization.
B)   the sum of the individual working arrangements in place in an organization.
C)   a system of task, reporting, and authority relationships.
D)   a system of relationships that provides a framework of people.
E)   the basis through which individual activities are monitored.

Question 20

A large organization's legal department is staffed solely with lawyers.This illustrates

Accepted Answer

A)   matrix structure.
B)   functional structure.
C)   bureaucratic structure.
D)   prebureaucratic structure.
E)   lattice structure.

Exam 14: Organizational Structure and Design

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Creating smaller units within a larger organization can increase which of the following?

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____ is the extent to which workers in an organization specialize as opposed to performing a variety of tasks as generalists.

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A virtual organization may not even have a permanent office.

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Large organizations tend to be _________ than small organizations.

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When a firm uses _________, it makes large volumes of identical products, typically using assembly lines and machines.

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