USC BUAD 304 Final Exam with precise detailed answers ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
How jobs in a company are formally grouped, divided, and coordinated is called - correct
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answer✔✔organizational structure ||\\//||
Name the six aspects of organizational structure (hint SF DC WC) - correct answer✔✔span of
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control, formalization, departmentalization, chain of command, work specialization,
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centralization
How wide or lean a company structure is referred to as its - correct answer✔✔span of
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control
How standardized a job is in an organization is called - correct answer✔✔formalization
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Just like how the army has a formal level hierarchy, companies do too. This is called the -
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correct answer✔✔chain of command ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
Instead of having one dude build a car, we have 100 of them work on it at once, each
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working on only once part. This is called - correct answer✔✔work specialization
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A company where the decision making is at top-level management is - correct
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answer✔✔centralized
A company where the decision making is at low-level management is - correct
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answer✔✔decentralized
What are the 5 types of departmentalization methods? - correct answer✔✔function,
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product, geography, process, customer ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
,The smallest management structure is the - correct answer✔✔simple structure
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The most standardized management structure is the - correct answer✔✔bureaucracy
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The structure that breaks the unity of command rule that combines function and product
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departmentalization is called the - correct answer✔✔matrix structure ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
Give five organizational structure designs - correct answer✔✔Simple structure, matrix
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structure, bureaucracy, virtual organization, boundaryless organization ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
What are the tradeoffs of work specialization? - correct answer✔✔Increased productivity for
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worker boredom/dissatisfaction ||\\//||
Unity of command states that - correct answer✔✔each worker should have one and only
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one supervisor||\\//||
Entrepreneurs prefer ____ structure. - correct answer✔✔simple ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
As simple structures grow, their inefficiency makes them transform into ______ - correct
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answer✔✔bureaucracy
What are two pros and two cons of simple structures? - correct answer✔✔they are
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inefficient and wholly dependent on the decisions of the owner, but they are cheap and
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flexible
What are two pros and cons of bureaucracies? - correct answer✔✔efficient and low in labor
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costs, but inflexible/rule bound and has coordination problems
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, The matrix structure combines what two departmentalization methods? - correct
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answer✔✔product and function ||\\//|| ||\\//||
Unit of command is broken by what organizational structure? - correct answer✔✔matrix
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structure
Give two pros and cons of matrix structures. - correct answer✔✔They can coordinate across
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multiple products and efficiently use specialists, but there are power struggles/confusion and
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more stress.
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This organizational structure places heavy emphasis on negotiation and collaboration in order
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to succeed. - correct answer✔✔matrix structure - in order to mitigate power struggles
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Virtual organizations are (organic/mechanistic) - correct answer✔✔organic
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Matrix structures are (organic/mechanistic) - correct answer✔✔organic
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Simple structures are (organic/mechanistic) - correct answer✔✔organic
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Organic structures have ____ formalization and are (centralized/decentralized) - correct
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answer✔✔low, decentralized ||\\//||
Mechanistic structures have ____ formalization and are (centralized/decentralized) - correct ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
answer✔✔high, centralized ||\\//||
Give two pros and cons of boundaryless structures. - correct answer✔✔They are highly
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business focused and flexible which reduces control/coordination costs, but they're difficult
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to implement, require new skillsets/methods, and new information technology.
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How jobs in a company are formally grouped, divided, and coordinated is called - correct
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answer✔✔organizational structure ||\\//||
Name the six aspects of organizational structure (hint SF DC WC) - correct answer✔✔span of
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control, formalization, departmentalization, chain of command, work specialization,
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centralization
How wide or lean a company structure is referred to as its - correct answer✔✔span of
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control
How standardized a job is in an organization is called - correct answer✔✔formalization
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Just like how the army has a formal level hierarchy, companies do too. This is called the -
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correct answer✔✔chain of command ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
Instead of having one dude build a car, we have 100 of them work on it at once, each
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working on only once part. This is called - correct answer✔✔work specialization
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A company where the decision making is at top-level management is - correct
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answer✔✔centralized
A company where the decision making is at low-level management is - correct
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answer✔✔decentralized
What are the 5 types of departmentalization methods? - correct answer✔✔function,
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product, geography, process, customer ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
,The smallest management structure is the - correct answer✔✔simple structure
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The most standardized management structure is the - correct answer✔✔bureaucracy
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The structure that breaks the unity of command rule that combines function and product
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departmentalization is called the - correct answer✔✔matrix structure ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
Give five organizational structure designs - correct answer✔✔Simple structure, matrix
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structure, bureaucracy, virtual organization, boundaryless organization ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
What are the tradeoffs of work specialization? - correct answer✔✔Increased productivity for
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worker boredom/dissatisfaction ||\\//||
Unity of command states that - correct answer✔✔each worker should have one and only
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one supervisor||\\//||
Entrepreneurs prefer ____ structure. - correct answer✔✔simple ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
As simple structures grow, their inefficiency makes them transform into ______ - correct
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answer✔✔bureaucracy
What are two pros and two cons of simple structures? - correct answer✔✔they are
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inefficient and wholly dependent on the decisions of the owner, but they are cheap and
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flexible
What are two pros and cons of bureaucracies? - correct answer✔✔efficient and low in labor
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costs, but inflexible/rule bound and has coordination problems
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, The matrix structure combines what two departmentalization methods? - correct
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answer✔✔product and function ||\\//|| ||\\//||
Unit of command is broken by what organizational structure? - correct answer✔✔matrix
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structure
Give two pros and cons of matrix structures. - correct answer✔✔They can coordinate across
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multiple products and efficiently use specialists, but there are power struggles/confusion and
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more stress.
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This organizational structure places heavy emphasis on negotiation and collaboration in order
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to succeed. - correct answer✔✔matrix structure - in order to mitigate power struggles
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Virtual organizations are (organic/mechanistic) - correct answer✔✔organic
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Matrix structures are (organic/mechanistic) - correct answer✔✔organic
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Simple structures are (organic/mechanistic) - correct answer✔✔organic
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Organic structures have ____ formalization and are (centralized/decentralized) - correct
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answer✔✔low, decentralized ||\\//||
Mechanistic structures have ____ formalization and are (centralized/decentralized) - correct ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
answer✔✔high, centralized ||\\//||
Give two pros and cons of boundaryless structures. - correct answer✔✔They are highly
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business focused and flexible which reduces control/coordination costs, but they're difficult
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to implement, require new skillsets/methods, and new information technology.
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