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3 Organizing and Organizational Structure Online Quiz Questions

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20 questions

Written response

1 point

A manager assigns an employee the duty of preparing a weekly inventory report. What term describes the employee's duty to complete that work?

Choose one

1 point

A company divides production into specialized tasks so employees can develop expertise in their assigned work. Which potential benefit of division of labor is the company seeking?

A
It ensures that every employee performs a wide variety of unrelated tasks.
B
It can help employees build expertise and complete tasks efficiently.
C
It removes the need to coordinate work across teams.
D
It guarantees that employees will remain highly engaged.

Fill in the blank

1 point

A project lead is allowed to decide how the team's budget is used to complete its assigned work. That decision-making right is called .

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1 point

A company makes timely delivery its priority. Which resource-allocation plan best supports that goal while accounting for other needs?

A
Give each team the same budget regardless of its goals or work.
B
Assign staff only after all tasks are complete.
C
Assign additional staff to production and shipping when timely delivery is the priority, while preserving funds for quality checks.
D
Give a team responsibility for delivery but withhold the information and authority it needs.

Choose all

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Which practices support sound resource allocation? Select all correct choices.

A
Connect resources to agreed goals and priorities.
B
Allocate resources without considering dependencies between tasks.
C
Review allocations as conditions or priorities change.
D
Account for dependencies between tasks when distributing resources.
E
Keep resource decisions fixed even when priorities change.

True or false

1 point

An organization chart can show formal reporting lines without showing every informal relationship employees use to exchange information.

A
True
B
False

Written response

1 point

A company keeps its functional departments but also assigns employees to product teams, where they report to both a functional manager and a product leader. What structural form is this?

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A company groups employees into units for each product line so each unit can focus on its product's results. Which basis of departmentalization is it using?

A
Product
B
Function
C
Customer group
D
Geographic area

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Which statements about functional and divisional structures are supported? Select all correct choices.

A
A functional structure groups people by specialty.
B
A functional structure always prevents delays in cross-department coordination.
C
A divisional structure can bring decisions closer to a unit's customers or results.
D
A divisional structure eliminates the possibility of repeating similar functions.
E
A divisional structure may group work around a product, customer group, or region.

Fill in the blank

1 point

A company is deciding which decisions should remain with senior managers and which should be delegated to lower levels. This organizational design choice is called .

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A manager is deciding how many employees to supervise in a unit where tasks vary in complexity and employees need different levels of support. Which approach is most consistent with sound span-of-control design?

A
Set the same span in every unit, regardless of the work.
B
Consider task complexity, employee experience, location, and the support employees need.
C
Use employee headcount alone to determine the span.
D
Make the span as wide as possible to avoid coordination.

True or false

1 point

True or false: An organization chart necessarily shows every informal relationship through which employees exchange information.

A
True
B
False

Written response

1 point

Which organizational design element specifies who reports to whom and where decision authority lies? Enter the term.

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1 point

A manager has a goal to launch a new product. Which approach best applies the organizing process to turn that goal into coordinated work?

A
Announce the goal and let employees decide independently which work matters.
B
Identify the needed activities, assign and group related tasks, clarify responsibility and authority, and coordinate the work.
C
Write a goal statement and postpone assigning work until all tasks are complete.
D
Give every employee the same duties so that no work needs to be grouped.

Choose one

1 point

A company is deciding how extensively to define employees’ jobs and procedures through written rules and standard practices. Which structural design choice is it considering?

A
Span of control
B
Departmentalization
C
Formalization
D
Chain of command

Choose one

1 point

A manager is considering dividing a production process into highly specialized jobs. Which assessment best reflects a potential trade-off of this division of labor?

A
It always makes coordination easier because each employee has fewer tasks.
B
It removes the need to balance efficiency with employee engagement.
C
It prevents employees from developing expertise in particular tasks.
D
It can improve efficiency through expertise, but excessive specialization may reduce variety and make coordination harder.

Choose one

1 point

A company groups employees into operations, finance, and marketing departments, with each department organized around its specialty. Which structural form is this?

A
Functional structure
B
Divisional structure
C
Matrix structure
D
Geographic structure

Written response

1 point

What organizational design term means the number of employees who report to a manager? Enter the term.

True or false

1 point

True or false: The material recommends using one organizational structure for every organization, regardless of its goals, size, or work.

A
True
B
False

Open ended

1 point

A bakery is launching a product line that requires work from several areas of the business. Propose one way to organize the employees for this launch, and explain how your proposal would help coordinate the work.