Organizational Design and Structure
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What is the primary benefit of functional departmentalization?

  • Enhanced decentralization
  • Improved work specialization
  • Achievement of economies of scale and scope (correct)
  • Increased accountability
  • What term refers to the rights inherent in a managerial position to give orders and expect them to be obeyed?

  • Work specialization
  • Departmentalization
  • Span of control
  • Authority (correct)
  • Which type of departmentalization is typically found in factories, workshops, and medical facilities?

  • Functional departmentalization
  • Process departmentalization (correct)
  • Product departmentalization
  • Customer departmentalization
  • What is the primary goal of decentralization in organizational design?

    <p>To distribute decision-making authority more widely</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the primary advantage of work specialization?

    <p>Improved efficiency</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How many key elements of organizational structure are identified in the text?

    <p>6</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does line authority entitle a manager to do?

    <p>Direct the work of an employee</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the principle that states each employee reports to only one manager?

    <p>Unity of Command</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What determines how many employees a manager can efficiently supervise?

    <p>Complexity of tasks and employee similarity</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What type of organization has decision making at upper levels?

    <p>Centralized</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the term for how standardized an organization's jobs are?

    <p>Formalization</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the opposite of a mechanistic organizational design?

    <p>Organic model</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What type of structure is associated with a passionate pursuit of innovation?

    <p>Organic</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the typical size of an organization with an organic structure?

    <p>Less than 2,000 employees</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What type of environment is associated with a mechanistic structure?

    <p>Stable environment</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the main characteristic of a traditional organizational design?

    <p>Hierarchical, centralized structure</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What type of structure is often used for project-based work?

    <p>Matrix-Project structure</p> Signup and view all the answers

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