1. The principal of a school has the responsibility of finalizing the school curriculum for the new academic year. A council of teachers advises the principal on matter that should be included in the school curriculum. It is the principal’s duty to hear what the council recommends. The principal has the liberty to heed it or ignore it. In this scenario, the council is an example of a form of staff authority called _____.
a. administrative advice
b. functional authority
c. compulsory advice
d. advise authority
2. Franchesca, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of a tea manufacturing company, has a very thorough selection procedure while hiring employees. As a result, most of the employees in her company are very competent and are well trained. In this scenario, which of the following will be most effective in Franchesca’s company?
a. A narrow span of management
b. A less scattered organizational structure
c. A tall organizational structure
d. A wide span of management
3. Michael, a manager of a company, has assigned a supervisor to each of the work groups across all departments. Michael has taken the responsibility of coordinating between the supervisors to track their progress. In this scenario, Michael is _____.
a. setting an organizational goal.
b. evaluating the success of his own professional goals.
c. redefining the mission statement.
d. developing an organizational structure.
4. In the context of the job characteristics approach, skill variety refers to:
a. the extent to which a worker knows how well a job is being performed.
b. the number of things a person does in a job.
c. the degree of control a worker has over how a work is performed.
d. the perceived importance of a task.