Organizational Structure Design Quiz

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What is the process by which managers establish the structure of working relationships among employees to achieve goals?

  • Organizing (correct)
  • Organizational Structure
  • Coordinating Jobs
  • Organizational Design

Which of the following factors influences managers' choice of an organizational structure?

  • Grouping Tasks (correct)
  • Coordinating Jobs
  • Establishing Relationships
  • Building Strategic Alliances

What is the formal system of task and reporting relationships that coordinates and motivates organizational members to work together?

  • Coordinating Jobs
  • Organizing
  • Organizational Structure (correct)
  • Organizational Design

Why do managers need to coordinate jobs, functions, and divisions?

<p>To increase efficiency and effectiveness (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the process by which managers build strategic alliances and network structures to increase efficiency and effectiveness?

<p>Technology Integration (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the process by which managers establish the structure of working relationships among employees to achieve goals?

<p>Organizing (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the process by which managers make specific organizing choices that result in a particular kind of organizational structure?

<p>Job Design (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which term refers to the process of reducing the number of tasks that each worker performs?

<p>Job Simplification (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

In the context of job design, what does 'autonomy' refer to?

<p>Employee has freedom to schedule tasks and carry them out (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the main advantage of a Functional Structure in an organization?

<p>Easy for managers to monitor and evaluate workers (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which type of divisional structure is characterized by each product line or business being handled by a self-contained division?

<p>Product Structure (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the term used for increasing the number of different tasks in a given job by changing the division of labor?

<p>Job Enrichment (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

'Employee uses a wide range of skills' is associated with which job characteristic in the Job Characteristics Model?

<p>Skill Variety (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

'Worker feels the task is meaningful to organization' is associated with which job characteristic in the Job Characteristics Model?

<p>Task Significance (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

'Worker has freedom to schedule tasks and carry them out' is an aspect of which job characteristic in the Job Characteristics Model?

<p>Autonomy (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does the Job Simplification involve?

<p>Reducing the number of tasks that each worker performs. (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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