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gb 370 unit 7 Questions and Answers with
Solutions UPDATED!!!
organizing - ANSWER deciding how to best group organizational
activities and resources
organizational structure - ANSWER the set of building blocks
that can be used to configure an organization
job design - ANSWER the determination of an individual's work
related responsibilities
job specialization (division of labor) - ANSWER the degree to
which the overall task of the organization is broken down and
divided into smaller component parts
benefits of job specialization - ANSWER 1) workers can become
proficient at a task
2) transfer time between tasks is decreased
3) specialized equipment can be more easily developed
4) employee replacement becomes easier
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limitations of job specialization - ANSWER 1) boredom and
dissatisfaction with mundane tasks
2) anticipated benefits do not always occur
adam smith's example of job specialization - ANSWER making a
nail requires 18 tasks; 1 worker doing all 18 tasks might make
20 nails a day; with specialization of 1 person doing each task
w/ 20 workers, 100,000 nails can be made in a day
Adam Smith - ANSWER creator of the invisible hand; large
corporation > small corporation; he thought that rich people
should pay more income taxes than poor people; cited as the
person we talk about when we talk about markets or economy
organization design - ANSWER the structural elements and the
relationships among the elements used to manage the
organization; a means to implement strategies and plans to
achieve organizational goals; how do you draw the boxes?
organizational design concepts - ANSWER not designed and
then left intact; in a continuous state of change; designs for
gb 370 unit 7 Questions and Answers with
Solutions UPDATED!!!
organizing - ANSWER deciding how to best group organizational
activities and resources
organizational structure - ANSWER the set of building blocks
that can be used to configure an organization
job design - ANSWER the determination of an individual's work
related responsibilities
job specialization (division of labor) - ANSWER the degree to
which the overall task of the organization is broken down and
divided into smaller component parts
benefits of job specialization - ANSWER 1) workers can become
proficient at a task
2) transfer time between tasks is decreased
3) specialized equipment can be more easily developed
4) employee replacement becomes easier
, 2|Page
limitations of job specialization - ANSWER 1) boredom and
dissatisfaction with mundane tasks
2) anticipated benefits do not always occur
adam smith's example of job specialization - ANSWER making a
nail requires 18 tasks; 1 worker doing all 18 tasks might make
20 nails a day; with specialization of 1 person doing each task
w/ 20 workers, 100,000 nails can be made in a day
Adam Smith - ANSWER creator of the invisible hand; large
corporation > small corporation; he thought that rich people
should pay more income taxes than poor people; cited as the
person we talk about when we talk about markets or economy
organization design - ANSWER the structural elements and the
relationships among the elements used to manage the
organization; a means to implement strategies and plans to
achieve organizational goals; how do you draw the boxes?
organizational design concepts - ANSWER not designed and
then left intact; in a continuous state of change; designs for
