BUS 250 EXAM 2 QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED
ANSWERS
Diminished employee loyalty is a potential disadvantage of what kind of an
organization? - Answers - An unstructured organization
Which of the following is true of effective teams? - Answers - They have a clear sense
of purpose.
An organizational design in which employees from functional departments form teams
to combine their specialized skills is a __________. - Answers - matrix structure
During the __________ stage of a team's development, conflicts are resolved, and team
harmony develops. - Answers - norming
Team members who focus on getting things done rather than people needs play which
role in teams? - Answers - The task-specialist role
Which of the following must the members of a team agree on for a win-win strategy to
work during a conflict? - Answers - The members must agree that the other party can be
trusted.
Another name for a virtual organization is a __________. - Answers - network structure
People who play the socioemotional role in teams do which of the following? - Answers
- Focus on people needs rather than getting things done
A __________ is the simplest chain of command system. - Answers - line organization
Which of the following is a potential advantage of an unstructured organization? -
Answers - It has increased agility.
Which of the following best describes an organizational chart? - Answers - A diagram
that shows how employees and tasks are grouped and where the lines of
communication and authority flow.
A group of employees assembled to find ways of improving quality, efficiency, or other
performance measures on a short-term or long term basis is an example of what kind of
team? - Answers - Problem-solving team
Which is true of teams? - Answers - Groupthink is a potential disadvantage of teams.
, Which of the following happens during the storming stage of a team's development? -
Answers - Conflict and disagreement often arise as members jockey for position or form
coalitions to promote their own perceptions of the team's mission.
Shad's company is in trouble. He is part of a task force assigned to determine which
divisions of his firm must be downsized prior to the next shareholder meeting. The
members of the task force are each responsible for gathering statistics on different
divisions by the following Monday. Roger, who is also a member of the task force,
doesn't think he can gather the information in time because his wife is having heart
surgery in a day or two. Shad asks Roger to get the project done anyway because he
says he can work on it while his wife is undergoing the procedure.
The role Shad is playing on the team is the __________. - Answers - task-specialist role
Which is true of an unstructured organization? - Answers - It doesn't rely on
conventional organizational structures to assemble the resources needed to pursue
business goals.
__________ do not rely on conventional organizational structures to assemble the
resources needed to pursue business goals. - Answers - Unstructured organizations
A __________ is a group of people from several departments who are temporarily
brought together to address a specific issue. - Answers - task force
Which of the following is a potential disadvantage of working in teams? - Answers -
Groupthink
Which of the following is true of a divisional structure? - Answers - It is a grouping of
departments according to similarities in products, processes, customers, or geography.
Which of the following are the three major initial decisions a firm needs to make in
conjunction with designing an organization structure? - Answers - Identifying the firm's
core competencies, job responsibilities, and chain of command
What is a software agent that can be programmed to handle a variety of routine tasks? -
Answers - Taskbot
Which of the following forms a clear line of authority from the top of the organization
down and ensures members of an organization are aware of to whom they are to report
and what their daily tasks entail? - Answers - Line organization
___________ drives decision-making power downward to the lower sections of a
company in order to influence increased receptiveness within the company. - Answers -
Decentralization
Organizing employees within a company into categories and then sorting them by
various functions and units is called ________. - Answers - departmentalization
ANSWERS
Diminished employee loyalty is a potential disadvantage of what kind of an
organization? - Answers - An unstructured organization
Which of the following is true of effective teams? - Answers - They have a clear sense
of purpose.
An organizational design in which employees from functional departments form teams
to combine their specialized skills is a __________. - Answers - matrix structure
During the __________ stage of a team's development, conflicts are resolved, and team
harmony develops. - Answers - norming
Team members who focus on getting things done rather than people needs play which
role in teams? - Answers - The task-specialist role
Which of the following must the members of a team agree on for a win-win strategy to
work during a conflict? - Answers - The members must agree that the other party can be
trusted.
Another name for a virtual organization is a __________. - Answers - network structure
People who play the socioemotional role in teams do which of the following? - Answers
- Focus on people needs rather than getting things done
A __________ is the simplest chain of command system. - Answers - line organization
Which of the following is a potential advantage of an unstructured organization? -
Answers - It has increased agility.
Which of the following best describes an organizational chart? - Answers - A diagram
that shows how employees and tasks are grouped and where the lines of
communication and authority flow.
A group of employees assembled to find ways of improving quality, efficiency, or other
performance measures on a short-term or long term basis is an example of what kind of
team? - Answers - Problem-solving team
Which is true of teams? - Answers - Groupthink is a potential disadvantage of teams.
, Which of the following happens during the storming stage of a team's development? -
Answers - Conflict and disagreement often arise as members jockey for position or form
coalitions to promote their own perceptions of the team's mission.
Shad's company is in trouble. He is part of a task force assigned to determine which
divisions of his firm must be downsized prior to the next shareholder meeting. The
members of the task force are each responsible for gathering statistics on different
divisions by the following Monday. Roger, who is also a member of the task force,
doesn't think he can gather the information in time because his wife is having heart
surgery in a day or two. Shad asks Roger to get the project done anyway because he
says he can work on it while his wife is undergoing the procedure.
The role Shad is playing on the team is the __________. - Answers - task-specialist role
Which is true of an unstructured organization? - Answers - It doesn't rely on
conventional organizational structures to assemble the resources needed to pursue
business goals.
__________ do not rely on conventional organizational structures to assemble the
resources needed to pursue business goals. - Answers - Unstructured organizations
A __________ is a group of people from several departments who are temporarily
brought together to address a specific issue. - Answers - task force
Which of the following is a potential disadvantage of working in teams? - Answers -
Groupthink
Which of the following is true of a divisional structure? - Answers - It is a grouping of
departments according to similarities in products, processes, customers, or geography.
Which of the following are the three major initial decisions a firm needs to make in
conjunction with designing an organization structure? - Answers - Identifying the firm's
core competencies, job responsibilities, and chain of command
What is a software agent that can be programmed to handle a variety of routine tasks? -
Answers - Taskbot
Which of the following forms a clear line of authority from the top of the organization
down and ensures members of an organization are aware of to whom they are to report
and what their daily tasks entail? - Answers - Line organization
___________ drives decision-making power downward to the lower sections of a
company in order to influence increased receptiveness within the company. - Answers -
Decentralization
Organizing employees within a company into categories and then sorting them by
various functions and units is called ________. - Answers - departmentalization
