Question 1

A(n) ____________________ structure has an overall narrow span and more hierarchical levels.

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Question 2

A(n) ____________________ structure is the grouping of positions into departments based on similar skills, expertise, and resource use.

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Question 3

A(n) ____________________ is a temporary team designed to solve a short-term problem involving several departments.

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Question 4

A(n) ____________________ structure has a wide span, is horizontally dispersed, and has fewer hierarchical levels.

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Question 5

The ____________________ is the number of employees reporting to a supervisor.

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Question 6

With ____________________, decision authority is pushed downward to lower organization levels.

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Question 7

The ____________________ approach is when a manufacturing company uses outside suppliers to provide large components of the product, which are then assembled into a final product by a few workers.

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Question 8

The ____________________, combines aspects of both functional and divisional structures simultaneously, in the same part of the organization.

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Question 9

____________________ means that people in management positions have formal authority to direct and control immediate subordinates.

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Question 10

____________________ departments perform tasks that reflect the organization's primary goal and mission, while ____________________ departments include all those that provide specialized skills in support of ____________________ departments.

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Question 11

The ____________________ structure means that the firm subcontracts many of its major functions to separate companies and coordinates their activities from a small headquarters organization.

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Question 12

In the ____________________ approach of structural design, departments are independent, contracting services to the central hub for a profit.

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Question 13

The quality of collaboration across departments is known as ____________________.

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Question 14

The divisional structure is sometimes called a(n) ____________________, ____________________, or ____________________.

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Question 15

A(n) ____________________ is a person who is responsible for coordinating the activities of several departments for the completion of a specific project.

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Question 16

An alternative for assigning divisional responsibility is to group company activities by ____________________.

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Question 17

____________________ teams consist of employees from various functional departments who are responsible to meet as a team and resolve mutual problems.

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Question 18

The ____________________ structure occurs when departments are grouped together based on organizational outputs.

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Question 19

____________________ is the process managers use to transfer authority and responsibility to positions below them in the hierarchy.

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Question 20

____________________ means that decision authority is located near the top of the organization.

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Quiz 9: Designing Adaptive Organizations