Foundations of Organizational Structure and Design Quiz

What is organizational structure/design?

What does work specialization/division of labour refer to?

What are the advantages of work specialization?

What are the disadvantages of work specialization?

What happens in a small organization with regard to work specialization?

What is illustrated by an organizational chart?

What is the continuous line of authority that extends from upper levels of an organization to the lowest levels of the organization and clarifies who reports to who?

Which factor affects the width of span of control based on the skills and abilities of the manager?

What is the degree to which decision-making concentrates at a single point in the organization?

What is the concept that a person should have only one boss and should report only to that person?

Which factor influences the amount of decentralization in an organization when decisions are relatively minor?

What is the degree to which jobs within the organization are standardized and the extent to which employee behavior is guided by rules and procedures?

What refers to the number of employees who can be effectively and efficiently supervised by a manager?

In combined departmentalization, what does an organization put into practice?

What factor affects the width of span of control based on the physical proximity of subordinates?

What is it called when organizations in which decision-making is pushed down to the managers closest to the action?