PN VATI MANAGEMENT EXAM 3 2026
CERTIFICATION EVALUATION TEST PAPER
QUESTIONS SOLUTIONS GRADED A PLUS
◉ control systems.
Answer: Formal target-setting, monitoring, evaluation, and feedback
systems that provide managers with information about how well the
organization's strategy and structure are working
◉ organizing.
Answer: the process by which managers establish the structure of
working relationships among employees to achieve goals
◉ organizational structure.
Answer: formal system of task and reporting relationships that
coordinates and motivates organizational members so that they
work together to achieve organizational goals
◉ organizational design.
Answer: the process by which managers make specific organizing
choices that result in a particular kind of organizational structure
◉ what factors determine the design of organizational structure.
,Answer: organizational environment, technology, strategy, human
resources
◉ job design.
Answer: the process by which managers decide how to divide tasks
into specific jobs
◉ job simplification.
Answer: the process of reducing the number of tasks that each
worker performs
◉ job enlargement.
Answer: increasing the number of different tasks in a given job by
changing the division of labor
◉ job enrichment.
Answer: increasing the degree of responsibility a worker has over a
job
◉ job characteristics model.
Answer: skill variety, task identity, task significance, autonomy,
feedback
,◉ skill variety.
Answer: everyone uses a wide range of skills
◉ task identity.
Answer: worker is involved in all tasks of the job from the beginning
to end of the production process
◉ task significance.
Answer: worker feels the task is meaningful to the organization
◉ Autonomy.
Answer: employee has the freedom to schedule tasks to carry them
out
◉ feedback.
Answer: worker gets direct information about how well the job is
done
◉ functional structure.
Answer: an organizational structure composed of all of the
departments that an organization requires to produce its goods or
services
, ◉ advantages of grouping jobs into functions.
Answer: encourages learning from others doing similar jobs, easy
for managers to monitor and evaluate workers
◉ disadvantages of grouping jobs into functions.
Answer: difficult for departments to communicate with others,
preoccupation with own department and losing sight of
organizational goals
◉ divisional structures.
Answer: an organizational structure composed of separate business
units within which are the functions that work together to produce a
specific product for a specific customer
◉ product structure.
Answer: each product line or business is handled by a self contained
division
◉ advantages of product structure.
Answer: allows functional managers to specialize in one product
area, division managers become experts in their area, corporate
managers do not need direct supervision of the division, divisional
management improves the use of resources
CERTIFICATION EVALUATION TEST PAPER
QUESTIONS SOLUTIONS GRADED A PLUS
◉ control systems.
Answer: Formal target-setting, monitoring, evaluation, and feedback
systems that provide managers with information about how well the
organization's strategy and structure are working
◉ organizing.
Answer: the process by which managers establish the structure of
working relationships among employees to achieve goals
◉ organizational structure.
Answer: formal system of task and reporting relationships that
coordinates and motivates organizational members so that they
work together to achieve organizational goals
◉ organizational design.
Answer: the process by which managers make specific organizing
choices that result in a particular kind of organizational structure
◉ what factors determine the design of organizational structure.
,Answer: organizational environment, technology, strategy, human
resources
◉ job design.
Answer: the process by which managers decide how to divide tasks
into specific jobs
◉ job simplification.
Answer: the process of reducing the number of tasks that each
worker performs
◉ job enlargement.
Answer: increasing the number of different tasks in a given job by
changing the division of labor
◉ job enrichment.
Answer: increasing the degree of responsibility a worker has over a
job
◉ job characteristics model.
Answer: skill variety, task identity, task significance, autonomy,
feedback
,◉ skill variety.
Answer: everyone uses a wide range of skills
◉ task identity.
Answer: worker is involved in all tasks of the job from the beginning
to end of the production process
◉ task significance.
Answer: worker feels the task is meaningful to the organization
◉ Autonomy.
Answer: employee has the freedom to schedule tasks to carry them
out
◉ feedback.
Answer: worker gets direct information about how well the job is
done
◉ functional structure.
Answer: an organizational structure composed of all of the
departments that an organization requires to produce its goods or
services
, ◉ advantages of grouping jobs into functions.
Answer: encourages learning from others doing similar jobs, easy
for managers to monitor and evaluate workers
◉ disadvantages of grouping jobs into functions.
Answer: difficult for departments to communicate with others,
preoccupation with own department and losing sight of
organizational goals
◉ divisional structures.
Answer: an organizational structure composed of separate business
units within which are the functions that work together to produce a
specific product for a specific customer
◉ product structure.
Answer: each product line or business is handled by a self contained
division
◉ advantages of product structure.
Answer: allows functional managers to specialize in one product
area, division managers become experts in their area, corporate
managers do not need direct supervision of the division, divisional
management improves the use of resources
