BM Exam Review

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Jill’s company just took on a new project, and she knows that she needs to decide which staff members will be in charge of each aspect of the project. Jill is

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organizing

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When managers are grouping related tasks into departments or teams, they are

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determining the organizational structure

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This is a _________ structure: Nick is the CEO of a business. The vice presidents of marketing, product development, finance, and operations all report to him, and they each have their own teams made up of several employees.

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functional

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An organization with a wide span of control usually.

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has a lack of middle managers

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A chain of command must have unity of command, which means that.

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employees should only report to one supervisor.

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Larissa tells her employees to spend one-third of their time on sales reports, one-third on answering emails, and one-third on generating new leads. This is an example of which step of the organizing process?

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allocating resources

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Yabbie’s BBQ just hired several new staff members, so it decides to increase the number of managers working at once. This is an example of how...

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employees’ competence affects organizing decisions

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At a hair salon, one employee washes customers’ hair, another employee cuts it, and another dries and styles it. This allows the employees to make the most efficient use of their time and illustrates an organizational principle known as.

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division of labor

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A manufacturing company is well-suited for a divisional organizational structure broken down by...

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process

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A banking institution is well-suited for a divisional organizational structure broken down by: job function, customer type, product, process.

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customer type