Cp6

Question 0

Clarify structure to show employees where they fit into a firms into a firms operations
Shows who reports to who and where they belong

Answer 0

Organizational charts

Question 1

Specification of the jobs to be done within an organization and the ways in which those jobs relate to one another
each box represents a position

Answer 1

Organizational structure

Question 2

The division of work: identifies specific jobs to be done and designed by people who will perform them

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Specialization

Question 3

When a small business grows so does the need to

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Specialize

Question 4

Advantage of specialization

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Workers develop expertise in job

Question 5

Grouping jobs into logical units

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Departmentalization

Question 6

Grouping accountants (accountant of design, law etc) and putting them together under one boss is example of

Answer 6

Departmentalization

Question 7

How can we divide up parts of a company?

Answer 7

By dividing by function (marketing, production) dividing by geography (US, Europe)
And dividing by product( home decor, design)

Question 8

Assigning tasks

Answer 8

Delegation

Question 9

Companies that keep the power at the top

Answer 9

Centralization

Question 10

The head of the operational department of McDonalds makes the operations this is exp of

Answer 10

Centralization

Question 11

Decision making comes from the heads of the departments

Answer 11

Centralization

Question 12

Lower-level managers make decisions the manager of a certain division

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Decentralization

Question 13

Common in centralized organizations
LOTS of layers of management (when a lot of people report to other people)
SLOWER communication
Narrow spans of control

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Tall Organizational Structure

Question 14

Common in decentralize organizations
Fewer layers of management
RAPID communication
Managers span of control is wide

Answer 14

Flat Organizational Structure

Question 15

Why isn’t the CEO not making all the decisions in a Flat Organization?

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Because that would be to much people to make decisions for

Question 16

The process be which the manager assigns or gives tasks

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Delegation

Question 17

Delegation Enatails

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Responsibility
Granting of authority
Creation of accountability

Question 18

The duty to perform an assigned task

Answer 18

Responsibility

Question 19

The power to make decisions necessary to complete the task

Answer 19

Granting of authority

Question 20

The obligation of employees to successfully complete the tasks (insuring the job is done)

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Creation of accountability

Question 21

Why managers won’t delegate?

Answer 21

The managers think employees are dumb
Manager is a control freak and wants to do things themselves and don’t want anyone else to do it
The lack of ability to explain
The fear that if they show them new tasks they might do it better

Question 22

Directly involved in what the business does

Operational authority that flows up and down the chain of command

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Line Authority

Question 23

A lawyer who works in a law firm is exp of

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Line Authority

Question 24

Not directly linked to what the business does
Supports the company
Based on special expertise and usually involves counseling or advising managers

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Staff Authority

Question 25

A lawyer who works in the fashion industry and a cost to the fashion industry is exp of

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Staff Authority

Question 26

Forms of Organizational Structure

Answer 26

Functional 
Divisional 
Matrix 
International 
Virtual

Question 27

Departments are functions such as operations, marketing, finance, human resources and RD(research and development)
Puts people in functions based on their department

Answer 27

Functional Structure

Question 28

Advantages of a functional structure

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Foster development

Specialized people

Question 29

Disadvantages of Functional Structure

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Centralization
Lack of accountability
Not adaptable to change

Question 30

Companies organized by product

Relies on departmentalizing

Answer 30

Divisional Structure

Question 31

Advantages of a Divisional structure

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Increase product-focus on internal coordination

Question 32

Disadvantages of Divisional Structure

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Duplication of efforts and competition between divisions

Question 33

Having multiple marketing directors
Or
A company divided by 3 departments of books games and toys is exp of

Answer 33

Divisional Structure

Question 34

Functional+Divisional=

Answer 34

Matrix

Question 35

Disadvantages of a Matrix

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Lack of accountability, loss of command and control and impermanent existence

Question 36

Advantages of Matrix

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Everybody is working for the benefit of others
Highly Flexible
Focused on single problem

Question 37

In Matrix Structure across the top is what and across the side is what?

Answer 37

Across top is divisional

Across side is functional

Question 38

Companies departments is broken up be region
Sell in global markets
Product changes based on local market

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International Structure

Question 39

The smallest structure of all of the structures
Only has a few permanent employees
Has core employees and majority jobs are somewhere else
Everything company does is outsourced (move business overseas)

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Virtual Structure

Question 40

In the movie Nectar what was their structure?

Answer 40

Functional

Question 41

In the movie nectar is the power centralized or decentralized?

Answer 41

Decentralized because he doesn’t make decisions the company is very flexible on allowing everyone to make their own decisions

Question 42

In the movie nectar was it a tall or flat structure?

Answer 42

Flat Structure