Final Exam BUAD304 (Latest Update 2026
/ 2027) Organizational Behavior and
Leadership 100% Correct Verified
Questions & Answers {Grade A} – USC
How jobs in a company are formally grouped, divided, and coordinated is called -
correct answer organizational structure
Name the six aspects of organizational structure (hint SF DC WC) - correct answer
span of control, formalization, departmentalization, chain of command, work
specialization, centralization
How wide or lean a company structure is referred to as its - correct answer span of
control
How standardized a job is in an organization is called - correct answer formalization
Just like how the army has a formal level hierarchy, companies do too. This is called
the - correct answer chain of command
Instead of having one dude build a car, we have 100 of them work on it at once, each
working on only once part. This is called - correct answer work specialization
, Final Exam BUAD304 (Latest Update 2026
/ 2027) Organizational Behavior and
Leadership 100% Correct Verified
Questions & Answers {Grade A} – USC
A company where the decision making is at top-level management is - correct answer
centralized
A company where the decision making is at low-level management is - correct answer
decentralized
What are the 5 types of departmentalization methods? - correct answer function,
product, geography, process, customer
The smallest management structure is the - correct answer simple structure
The most standardized management structure is the - correct answer bureaucracy
The structure that breaks the unity of command rule that combines function and
product departmentalization is called the - correct answer matrix structure
Give five organizational structure designs - correct answer Simple structure, matrix
structure, bureaucracy, virtual organization, boundaryless organization
, Final Exam BUAD304 (Latest Update 2026
/ 2027) Organizational Behavior and
Leadership 100% Correct Verified
Questions & Answers {Grade A} – USC
What are the tradeoffs of work specialization? - correct answer Increased productivity
for worker boredom/dissatisfaction
Unity of command states that - correct answer each worker should have one and only
one supervisor
Entrepreneurs prefer ____ structure. - correct answer simple
As simple structures grow, their inefficiency makes them transform into ______ -
correct answer bureaucracy
What are two pros and two cons of simple structures? - correct answer they are
inefficient and wholly dependent on the decisions of the owner, but they are cheap
and flexible
What are two pros and cons of bureaucracies? - correct answer efficient and low in
labor costs, but inflexible/rule bound and has coordination problems
, Final Exam BUAD304 (Latest Update 2026
/ 2027) Organizational Behavior and
Leadership 100% Correct Verified
Questions & Answers {Grade A} – USC
The matrix structure combines what two departmentalization methods? - correct
answer product and function
Unit of command is broken by what organizational structure? - correct answer matrix
structure
Give two pros and cons of matrix structures. - correct answer They can coordinate
across multiple products and efficiently use specialists, but there are power
struggles/confusion and more stress.
This organizational structure places heavy emphasis on negotiation and collaboration
in order to succeed. - correct answer matrix structure - in order to mitigate power
struggles
Virtual organizations are (organic/mechanistic) - correct answer organic
Matrix structures are (organic/mechanistic) - correct answer organic
Simple structures are (organic/mechanistic) - correct answer organic
/ 2027) Organizational Behavior and
Leadership 100% Correct Verified
Questions & Answers {Grade A} – USC
How jobs in a company are formally grouped, divided, and coordinated is called -
correct answer organizational structure
Name the six aspects of organizational structure (hint SF DC WC) - correct answer
span of control, formalization, departmentalization, chain of command, work
specialization, centralization
How wide or lean a company structure is referred to as its - correct answer span of
control
How standardized a job is in an organization is called - correct answer formalization
Just like how the army has a formal level hierarchy, companies do too. This is called
the - correct answer chain of command
Instead of having one dude build a car, we have 100 of them work on it at once, each
working on only once part. This is called - correct answer work specialization
, Final Exam BUAD304 (Latest Update 2026
/ 2027) Organizational Behavior and
Leadership 100% Correct Verified
Questions & Answers {Grade A} – USC
A company where the decision making is at top-level management is - correct answer
centralized
A company where the decision making is at low-level management is - correct answer
decentralized
What are the 5 types of departmentalization methods? - correct answer function,
product, geography, process, customer
The smallest management structure is the - correct answer simple structure
The most standardized management structure is the - correct answer bureaucracy
The structure that breaks the unity of command rule that combines function and
product departmentalization is called the - correct answer matrix structure
Give five organizational structure designs - correct answer Simple structure, matrix
structure, bureaucracy, virtual organization, boundaryless organization
, Final Exam BUAD304 (Latest Update 2026
/ 2027) Organizational Behavior and
Leadership 100% Correct Verified
Questions & Answers {Grade A} – USC
What are the tradeoffs of work specialization? - correct answer Increased productivity
for worker boredom/dissatisfaction
Unity of command states that - correct answer each worker should have one and only
one supervisor
Entrepreneurs prefer ____ structure. - correct answer simple
As simple structures grow, their inefficiency makes them transform into ______ -
correct answer bureaucracy
What are two pros and two cons of simple structures? - correct answer they are
inefficient and wholly dependent on the decisions of the owner, but they are cheap
and flexible
What are two pros and cons of bureaucracies? - correct answer efficient and low in
labor costs, but inflexible/rule bound and has coordination problems
, Final Exam BUAD304 (Latest Update 2026
/ 2027) Organizational Behavior and
Leadership 100% Correct Verified
Questions & Answers {Grade A} – USC
The matrix structure combines what two departmentalization methods? - correct
answer product and function
Unit of command is broken by what organizational structure? - correct answer matrix
structure
Give two pros and cons of matrix structures. - correct answer They can coordinate
across multiple products and efficiently use specialists, but there are power
struggles/confusion and more stress.
This organizational structure places heavy emphasis on negotiation and collaboration
in order to succeed. - correct answer matrix structure - in order to mitigate power
struggles
Virtual organizations are (organic/mechanistic) - correct answer organic
Matrix structures are (organic/mechanistic) - correct answer organic
Simple structures are (organic/mechanistic) - correct answer organic
