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In Learning from Experience: "Lowe's Companies,Inc. ," the organization sought to retain the professional builders as a customer by:

A) installation services
B) increasing the line of do-it-yourself books
C) entering a joint venture with Kobalt brand professional tools
D) appealing to Baby Boomers

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The ____ design involves the establishment of self-contained units,each capable of developing,producing,and marketing its own goods or services.

A) place
B) product
C) functional
D) network

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The difficulty company leaders have establishing authority with outside employees is a pitfall of network design.

Decentralization is delegating authority to a lower level departments and employees of an organization.

A_____strategy is based on providing customers with something unique that makes the organization's product of service distinctive from its competititors

Delegation is the process of giving someone authority to make decisions and act in certain situations.

There are four traditional forms of organization design.Describe each one and identify the circumstances under which an organization might evolve through the four.

Organic organizations network structure of control,authority,and communication.

_____design has problems with control and coordination in top management.Extensive use of rules is necessary to ensure uniformity and coordination these types of organizations.

A mechanistic system is characterized by a heavy reliance on formal rules and regulations along with a rigid hierarchy of authority.

An effective organization design should:

A focused strategy is designed to help an organization target a specific niche in its industry.

Authority is the right to make decisions.

Delegation should occur in conjunction with the assignment of responsibilities

There are several benefits and disadvantages to geographic design;discuss at least two of each of these.

Which of the following strategies is (are) designed to target industry wide markets?

A ____ organization would more likely have characteristics of an organic organization:

Which of the following is not one of the decisions involved in organizational design?

Span of control refers to the number of people directly reporting to a person.

____ refers to the various ways of dividing up tasks and labor to achieve goals.