Deck 3: Defining Internal Alignment

Question 1

Internal labour markets refer to the rules and procedures that (1) determine the pay for the different jobs within a single organization and (2) __________.

A) cut down the number of work levels
B) reduce the budget allocated to individual departments
C) allocate employees among those different jobs
D) establish an ergonomic workflow
E) create more number of supervisory jobs

Answer 1

allocate employees among those different jobs

Question 2

More egalitarian structures are related to greater performance when __________ and sharing of knowledge are required.

A) competition
B) participation
C) management
D) performance
E) collaboration

Answer 2

collaboration

Question 3

More hierarchical structures are related to greater performance when the workflow depends more on ________.

A) individual contributors
B) teamwork
C) seniority
D) collaboration
E) supervision

Answer 3

individual contributors

Question 4

Which of the following is NOT a factor that determines the appropriate number of levels, the size of the differentials, and the criteria to advance employees through a structure?

A) organization's strategic intent
B) organization's design
C) organization's history
D) organization's workflow
E) organization's human capital

Question 5

An internal pay structure is defined by the number of levels of work and the criteria used to determine those levels and differentials.

Question 6

Line of sight means that the structure must be fair to employees

Question 7

In addition to supply of and demand for labour, supply and demand for products and services also affect internal structures.

Question 8

Perceived equity could exist even if there were differences in pay.

Question 9

Institutional theory predicts that one can outperform one's competitors by simply imitating their practices

Question 10

Define content and value and discuss the difference between a job structure based on content and another based on value.

Question 11

What are two examples of Canadian legislation that shape internal structures?

Question 12

Define procedural and distributive justice and describe how each applies to internal structures.

Question 13

What is a tailored structure and what type of business strategy matches well with it?

Question 14

What is a loosely coupled structure and what type of business strategy matches well with it?

Question 15

What are the main differences between hierarchical and egalitarian pay structures?

Question 16

What are some examples of benchmarking and when should organizations use benchmarking?