Organizational Structure and Design: Key Elements and Models

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The degree to which tasks are shared among all employees

The degree to which tasks are combined into one job for efficiency

The degree to which tasks are automated for speed

The degree to which tasks are divided into separate jobs completed by different people (correct)

Increased collaboration

Better employee satisfaction

Human diseconomies such as boredom and high turnover (correct)

Improved quality of work

Who reports to whom (correct)

Job assignments

Employee relationships

Organizational culture

Authority is formal right to make decisions, while power is the ability to influence others Signup and view all the answers

Authority is based on position in the organization while power is the ability to influence decisions. Signup and view all the answers

Employee experience and training, similarity of employee tasks, complexity of tasks Signup and view all the answers

Centralization involves upper levels making decisions, while decentralization allows lower-level input. Signup and view all the answers

Organic for less than 2,000 employees and Mechanistic for more than 2,000 employees Signup and view all the answers

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