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

    What does the Job Simplification involve?

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

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