WGU D078 TEM2 TASK 1 ORGANIZATIONAL
STRUCTURE COMPREHENSIVE TASK PAPER
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
◉ Which organizational structure allows organizations to expand
the business by organizing by geographic locations. Each unit is
autonomous but controlled by central management.
Answer: Divisional structure
◉ Which organizational structure is a hybrid between a "functional
and product structure." It is understood to be helpful in uncertain,
quick-changing environments and to improve communication across
departments, thus achieving timely responses to dynamic customer
problems..
Answer: Matrix structure
◉ Which organizational character takes power away from the top
levels of an organization and spreads it out to lower-level
employees, and is associated with more decision-making among
lower-level employees, more procedural fairness to employees, and
more attractive job postings..
Answer: Decentralize decision making
◉ What is advantage of a highly centralized structure?.
, Answer: efficiency is improved as top people make decisions and set
objectives for employees underneath them.
◉ A business would like to use an organizational theory that focuses
on employee productivity.
Which theory should be used by this business?.
Answer: Scientific management. This theory focuses on production
and employee productivity.
◉ What type of goals are "written for a department." The objectives
are at the bottom of the hierarchy and are shorter and "more
specific" than strategic goals..
Answer: Operational goals
◉ Which ratio measures the operational efficiency of the business
and how much profit is being produced per dollar sale?.
Answer: Return on Sales (ROS)
◉ Which organizational structure is organized into departments
that focus on regions and are appropriate when there are a large
number of products that require special attention..
Answer: Divisional structure
STRUCTURE COMPREHENSIVE TASK PAPER
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
◉ Which organizational structure allows organizations to expand
the business by organizing by geographic locations. Each unit is
autonomous but controlled by central management.
Answer: Divisional structure
◉ Which organizational structure is a hybrid between a "functional
and product structure." It is understood to be helpful in uncertain,
quick-changing environments and to improve communication across
departments, thus achieving timely responses to dynamic customer
problems..
Answer: Matrix structure
◉ Which organizational character takes power away from the top
levels of an organization and spreads it out to lower-level
employees, and is associated with more decision-making among
lower-level employees, more procedural fairness to employees, and
more attractive job postings..
Answer: Decentralize decision making
◉ What is advantage of a highly centralized structure?.
, Answer: efficiency is improved as top people make decisions and set
objectives for employees underneath them.
◉ A business would like to use an organizational theory that focuses
on employee productivity.
Which theory should be used by this business?.
Answer: Scientific management. This theory focuses on production
and employee productivity.
◉ What type of goals are "written for a department." The objectives
are at the bottom of the hierarchy and are shorter and "more
specific" than strategic goals..
Answer: Operational goals
◉ Which ratio measures the operational efficiency of the business
and how much profit is being produced per dollar sale?.
Answer: Return on Sales (ROS)
◉ Which organizational structure is organized into departments
that focus on regions and are appropriate when there are a large
number of products that require special attention..
Answer: Divisional structure
