Question
1. Question : All of the following organizations would be very likely to use an organic organizational structure EXCEPT
Blank Walls, an advertising agency
Wonderlight, a manufacturing plant
Smith &Gerot, a management consulting firm
Rough Draft, a graphic design group
Question 2. Question : At which of Alfred Chandler’s four stages of structural development does high product demand cause a crisis for a company?
Stage 1
Stage 2
Stage 3
Stage 4
Question 3. Question : Authority consists of which two key components?
the right to act and permission to direct
the right to direct and permission to act
the right to decide and permission to repair
the right to repair and permission to decide
Question 4. Question : During the job design phase, who decides specific job tasks?
share holders
managers
employees
consultants
Question 5. Question : The organizing function includes all of the following activities EXCEPT
job design
departmentalization
specification
funding
Question 6. Question : A manager’s span of control refers to
how many subordinates she oversees
what departments she supervises
what expertise she brings to her position
how long she has held her current position
Question 7. Question : The most common form of departmentalization is by _______________.
product
function
geographic region
customer
Question 8. Question : Management theorist Henry Mintzberg outlined five common parts of an organization’s structural configuration: the operating core, the strategic apex, the middle line, ____________________, and _____________________.
support staff; subordinate workers
design analysts; technostructure
top-level managers; subordinate workers
technostructure; support staff
Question 9. Question : At which of Alfred Chandler’s four stages of structural development does product diversification occur?
Stage 1
Stage 2
Stage 3
Stage 4
Question 10. Question : Brenda is an electrician with Bright Light Home and Business. Into which category of job does she best fit?
semiskilled blue collar
skilled blue collar
semiprofessional
professional
