Organizational stucture

Question 1

refers to the division of labor as well as the patterns of coordination communication, workflow, and formal power the direct the activities and jobs in an organization

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Organizational structure

Question 2

organizational structure examples

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finical, informational resources, work standards, team dynamics, job design

Question 3

organizational structure is related to

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specialization

Question 4

refers to the subdivision of work into separate job assignments to different people e

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Division of labor

Question 5

managers can often be branched into this category

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geography

Question 6

what happens when a hierarchy is in place

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information can travel slowly, or also get blurred

Question 7

standardizes processes, outputs, or skills

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standardization

Question 8

the number of people who are directly reporting to the next level above in the hierarchy.

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span of control. narrow for fewer people to report directly. wide means more people

Question 9

true or false there is not an optimal span of control in terms of narrow or wide

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true. it depends on the job.

Question 10

what span of control is good for complex job

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narrow

Question 11

is where the decision-making authority is held

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centralization vs decentralization

Question 12

the degree to which organization standardize organizations standardize behavior through rules, procedures, formal training, and related methods

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formalization

Question 13

does mechanistic or organic work better for stable environments

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mechanistic

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mechanistic vs organic work structure

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/narrow span or control and with a high degree of formalization and centralization vs wide soc, and less centralization and formalization.

Question 15

establisheds the chain of command, and encourges specific people and work units to coordinate, common supervision, and resources, commonly located near each other to facilitate frequent interaction

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departmentalization

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what structure changes when a company grows

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simple to functional structures

Question 17

describes when many departments often don’t even know what the others are working on

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siloed. can often lead to inefficiencies

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different types of structures

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product, client, and geographic

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what are often colleges in terms of the type of structures

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product

Question 20

when mutliple functional groups( purhasing, innovation) mix with other varibale heads ot form cross functional teams

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matrix stucture

Question 21

is organic or meachistic good for hostile environment

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Organic

Question 22

is tasks with high variability shoudl have organic or mecahncistic structure

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Organic