Assignment:
Question
1. 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. 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. 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. During the job design phase, who decides specific job tasks?
- share holders
- managers
- employees
- consultants
Question 5. The organizing function includes all of the following activities EXCEPT
- job design
- departmentalization
- specification
- funding
Question 6. 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. The most common form of departmentalization is by _______________.
- product
- function
- geographic region
- customer
Question 8. 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. 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. 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