BCOR 370 Exam 2 Houghton questions with answers

BCOR 370 Exam 2 Houghton questions with
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answers


Organizational Structure - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔framework of |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\


jobs and departments that directs the behavior of individuals and
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groups towards achieving the organization's objectives
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Work Specialization - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔subdivision of tasks
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into individual jobs
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Delegating - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Process of transferring
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authority and responsibility to another member of the health care
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team to complete a task, while retaining accountability
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Centralized - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔authority to make a
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decision at the top level |\ |\ |\ |\




Decentralization - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔authority to make |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\


decisions at the lower level |\ |\ |\ |\




Span of Control - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔number of employees
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that report to a given manager
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Chain of Command (unity of command) - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔single flow of authority through organization
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, Functional Structure - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔CEO, marketing,
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production, HR, IT, customer service; grouping of people that
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have similar skills/functions
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Product Structure - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔have different
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departments based on the type of products they have |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\




Geographic product - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔organize according
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to geographic areas
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Matrix Structure - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔combining diff types of
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structures; advantage is that you can fine tune structure that fits
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your business mission, easy to add and expand to, cost-effective
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(assign people to multiple departments), disadvantage is that it
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violates the chain of command because someone could have two
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bosses
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Organic organization - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔collaboration (both
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vertical and horizontal), adaptable duties, few rules, informal
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communication, decentralized decision authority, flatter |\ |\ |\ |\ |\


structures (org. is like a living thing; able to change depending on
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circumstances/situations
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Mechanistic organization - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔rigid |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\


hierarchical relationships, fixed duties, many rules, formalized
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communication, channels, centralized decision authority, taller |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\


structures (org. is like a machine- isn't flexible, only built to do
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one thing)|\