Chapter 4

Question 1

Four different kinds of staff partnerships:

Answer 1

(1) Giving advice exclusively
(2) consulting
(3) Line managers
(4) Concurring Authority

Question 2

An organizational structure in which each employee reports to both a functional or division manager and to a project or group manager.

Answer 2

Matrix Organization

Question 3

________ is a special type of staff authority over others who are not their line subordinates.

Answer 3

Functional (specialized) authority

Question 4

Three Types of Organizational Structure

Answer 4

Functional Organization
Product or Market Organization
Matrix Organization

Question 5

____ is a one-person company that is both owned and run.

Answer 5

Sole Proprietorship

Question 6

____ special sort of business owned by clients or users, to who typically distributes their earnings tax-free in proportion to their patronage.

Answer 6

Cooperatives

Question 7

An organization of two or more partners to continue on as co - owners of a business for profit is referred to as ______.

Answer 7

Uniform Partnership Act

Question 8

____ is a recently established business structure permitted based on state law.

Answer 8

Limited Liability Company (LLC)

Question 9

The culture of an organization is not _______.

Answer 9

static

Question 10

____ are legally recognized as being held by shareholders, who typically have no responsibility that goes beyond stock value loss.

Answer 10

Corporations

Question 11

This is a form of departmentalization in which everyone engaged in one functional activity, such as engineering or marketing, is grouped into one unit.

Answer 11

Functional Organization

Question 12

Legal form of organization

Answer 12

Sole Proprietorship
Partnership
limited liability company (LLC)
Corporations
Cooperatives

Question 13

In a typical industrial firm, the three Ps are:

Answer 13

production
sales
finance

Question 14

The advantages of pass-through taxation and flexibility. There is only ____ on income

Answer 14

one tax

Question 15

Relationships are concentrated “facilitative activity” for the economy scale, consistency, or unique capacity, but merely serve to support the primary mission.

Answer 15

Service

Question 16

This depends on the number of people reporting directly to each manager, referred to as the _________.

Answer 16

Span of Management or span of control

Question 17

____ is an organizational structure where every entity in the organization, except one, is subordinate to a single other entity.

Answer 17

Hierarchical organization

Question 18

This refers to the organization of a company by divisions that bring together all those involved with a certain type of product or customer.

Answer 18

Product or Market Organization

Question 19

____ allow combining managerial expertise, financial insight, and strengths of multiple individuals with direct financial stakes in the business, but experience the drawbacks of a split decisionmaking process and possible harm when partners disagree, the business suffers.

Answer 19

Partnerships

Question 20

The ________ of control is definitely to increase the spans of control, which ultimately decreases the number of organizational levels within a given company or organization.

Answer 20

current trend in spans

Question 21

An organizational structure known as a ____ is one in which every entity in the organization, with the exception of one, reports to only one other entity.

Answer 21

hierarchy

Question 22

________ were those that assisted the line in achieving these by offering some kind of service or advise to achieve your goals.

Answer 22

Staff

Question 23

________ gives the staff specialist veto power in the relevant field.in front of the line manager.

Answer 23

Concurring Authority

Question 24

an organization’s ________ were those that carried out the primary goals or missions of the organization, and these were believed to.

Answer 24

line functions

Question 25

________ is characterized as the underlying presumptions, values, and beliefs and interactions that support the distinct social and psychological surroundings of a company.

Answer 25

Organizational culture

Question 26

____ who does troubleshooting or specialist workforce that services the entire organization, and particular assignments for a single management organization in a particular field of expertise.

Answer 26

helper

Question 27

According to Weihrich and Koontz, ____ is key to people doing their best job.

Answer 27

collaboration