MGT330 Week 2 Quiz

1.
Question :
Authority consists of which two key components?

Student Answer:

the right to act and permission to direct

the right to direct and permission to act

the right to decide and permission to repair

the right to repair and permission to decide

2.
Question :
The most common form of departmentalization is by _______________.

Student Answer:

product

function

geographic region

customer

3.
Question :
Decentralization occurs as an organization grows for all of the following reasons EXCEPT

Student Answer:

computerization decreases

decision volume increases

managers increase delegation

managers hire specialists

4.
Question :
Why are small businesses dominated by the strategic apex?

Student Answer:

Smaller staffs report directly to management.

They are more formal and complex.

Authority is decentralized.

They necessitate a machine bureaucracy.

5.
Question :
A manager’s span of control refers to

Student Answer:

how many subordinates she oversees

what departments she supervises

what expertise she brings to her position

how long she has held her current position

6.
Question :
Jim is the owner of a fried chicken restaurant chain that has more than 10 franchised locations in the Northeast. Which type of departmentalization MOST applies to Jim’s company?

Student Answer:

geographic region

function

strategic business unit

matrix

7.
Question :
Which type of organizational structure is prone to duplication of activities and counterproductive inter-market customer competition?

Student Answer:

machine bureaucracy

professional bureaucracy

divisional structure

adhocracy

8.
Question :
What is the first key activity in completing an organization’s structure?

Student Answer:

developing a product

establishing a market

defining a consumer base

drawing lines of authority

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