WGU D078 Exam Business Environment
Applications, Business Structures and
Legal Environment
1. Organizational structure: The framework of an organization
2. Factors that influence and direct the organizational
structure: - Functions or departments
- Chain of Command
- Centralized or Decentralized decision making
- Level of formality
3. Four common organizational structures: - Functional or
Departmental Struc- ture
- Divisional Structure
- Matrix Structure
- Team Structure
4. What influential factor helps define the division of work
along functional or task-oriented lines as well as
departmental: Functions and Departments
5. What influential factor establishes procedures for control,
decision-making, and the hierarchy of reporting
relationships: Chain of Command
, 6. centralized decision making: key decisions are made by top
level executives, such as the CEO
7. decentralized decision making: important decisions are
made by middle- and lower-level managers
8. Influential factor that to creates and implements
procedures, rules, and guidelines, as well as influencing or
shaping the overall culture.: Level of formality
9. Which organizational structure involves dividing
employees into smaller groups by areas of specialty?:
Functional organizational structure
10. Which organizational structure combines people to work
on a mutually beneficial project or goal?: Team organizational
structure
11. Which organizational structure is usually arranged by
products or by geographical region with each division having
its own resources and support functions?: Divisional
organizational structure
12. Which organizational structure is one in which individuals
are grouped by two different operational perspectives
simultaneously—in this case, by function and region.: Matrix
organizational structure
Applications, Business Structures and
Legal Environment
1. Organizational structure: The framework of an organization
2. Factors that influence and direct the organizational
structure: - Functions or departments
- Chain of Command
- Centralized or Decentralized decision making
- Level of formality
3. Four common organizational structures: - Functional or
Departmental Struc- ture
- Divisional Structure
- Matrix Structure
- Team Structure
4. What influential factor helps define the division of work
along functional or task-oriented lines as well as
departmental: Functions and Departments
5. What influential factor establishes procedures for control,
decision-making, and the hierarchy of reporting
relationships: Chain of Command
, 6. centralized decision making: key decisions are made by top
level executives, such as the CEO
7. decentralized decision making: important decisions are
made by middle- and lower-level managers
8. Influential factor that to creates and implements
procedures, rules, and guidelines, as well as influencing or
shaping the overall culture.: Level of formality
9. Which organizational structure involves dividing
employees into smaller groups by areas of specialty?:
Functional organizational structure
10. Which organizational structure combines people to work
on a mutually beneficial project or goal?: Team organizational
structure
11. Which organizational structure is usually arranged by
products or by geographical region with each division having
its own resources and support functions?: Divisional
organizational structure
12. Which organizational structure is one in which individuals
are grouped by two different operational perspectives
simultaneously—in this case, by function and region.: Matrix
organizational structure
