Question 1

A pharmaceutical company with medical devices,consumer products,baby care,and health supplements as its departments is organized as a _____________ structure.

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Question 2

A firm that has departments for finance,manufacturing,human resources,accounting,and marketing is an organization with a ___________ structure.

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Question 3

An organization where policies,procedures,job descriptions and rules are written and explicitly articulated is ____________.

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Question 4

The number of employees reporting to a single manager is the ______________.

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Question 5

A flexible,decentralized structure with low levels of formalization where communication lines are more fluid is an) __________ structure.

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Question 6

_________ structures are most effective for organizations that do not have large numbers of products.

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Question 7

___________ structures are highly formalized and centralized.

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Question 8

A culture of "never being satisfied" and rethinking how things are done facilitates _____________________

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Question 9

A form of boundaryless organization where two or more companies find an area of collaboration and combine their efforts to create a partnership that is beneficial to both parties is a _______________.

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Question 10

____________ organizations are organizations that eliminate traditional barriers between departments as well as barriers between the organization and external environment.

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Question 11

A ___________organization is a type of boundaryless organization where all nonessential functions are outsourced.Toyota is one such organization.

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Question 12

The fundamental idea behind TPS,or just-in-time production developed by Toyota,is respect for customers and employees,where __________________ are empowered to the best products and services with minimum waste.

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Question 13

The most negative reaction to a proposed change attempt is __________________.

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Question 14

The degree to which decision-making authority is concentrated at higher levels in an organization is _____________.

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Question 15

Going along with proposed changes with little enthusiasm is ___________.

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Question 16

A firm with several layers of management between frontline employees and the top level has a __________ structure.

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Question 17

In _____________ experimenting,learning new things and reflecting on new knowledge are the norms.

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Question 18

__________ organizations,which combine functional structures with product structures,violate the unity of command principle.

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Question 19

__________________ refers to how individual work and team work are coordinated within an organization.

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Question 20

____________structures are associated with reduced motivation and job satisfaction and a slower pace of decision making.

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Quiz 14: Organizational Structure and Change