Hrm/531 Week 4
True/False
True 1. Empowerment is letting others make decisions and exercise discretion in their work.
True 2. Given a clear mission, core values, objectives and strategy, organizing begins the process of strategy implementation by clarifying jobs and working relationships.
False3. In the management process of organizing, the strategic leadership challenge is to choose least expensive organizational form to fit the strategy of the organization.
True4. An organization’s ability to implement its strategy is greatly helped by a structure that allocates tasks through a division of labor and provides for the coordination of performance results.
True5. Social network analysis identifies the informal structures and their embedded social relationships …show more content…
Included among the potential advantages of divisional structures are more flexibility in responding to environmental changes and clear points of responsibility for product or service delivery.
True10. A work process is a group of tasks related to one another that collectively creates something of value to a customer.
True11. The potential disadvantages of team structures include conflicting loyalties among members regarding both team and functional assignments and the excessive time spent in meetings.
True12. The advantages of network structures include (a) staying cost competitive through reduced overhead and increased operating efficiency, and (b) operating with fewer full-time employees and less complex internal systems.
True13. A virtual organization is a special form of a boundaryless organization.
True14. Decentralized authority, fewer rules and procedures, and personal means of coordination are characteristics of organic designs.
True15. Adaptive organizations operate with a minimum of bureaucratic structure and with cultures that encourage worker empowerment and participation.
False16. Narrow spans of control create an organization that is more efficient and flexible, whereas wider spans of control usually result in additional management overhead
True 1. Empowerment is letting others make decisions and exercise discretion in their work.
True 2. Given a clear mission, core values, objectives and strategy, organizing begins the process of strategy implementation by clarifying jobs and working relationships.
False3. In the management process of organizing, the strategic leadership challenge is to choose least expensive organizational form to fit the strategy of the organization.
True4. An organization’s ability to implement its strategy is greatly helped by a structure that allocates tasks through a division of labor and provides for the coordination of performance results.
True5. Social network analysis identifies the informal structures and their embedded social relationships …show more content…
Included among the potential advantages of divisional structures are more flexibility in responding to environmental changes and clear points of responsibility for product or service delivery.
True10. A work process is a group of tasks related to one another that collectively creates something of value to a customer.
True11. The potential disadvantages of team structures include conflicting loyalties among members regarding both team and functional assignments and the excessive time spent in meetings.
True12. The advantages of network structures include (a) staying cost competitive through reduced overhead and increased operating efficiency, and (b) operating with fewer full-time employees and less complex internal systems.
True13. A virtual organization is a special form of a boundaryless organization.
True14. Decentralized authority, fewer rules and procedures, and personal means of coordination are characteristics of organic designs.
True15. Adaptive organizations operate with a minimum of bureaucratic structure and with cultures that encourage worker empowerment and participation.
False16. Narrow spans of control create an organization that is more efficient and flexible, whereas wider spans of control usually result in additional management overhead