BM 2.2 Review

“Account to sb.” means who is in charge of whom and in what role or capacity.

True

• True

• False

Peripheral staffs are

• Usually paid by piece rate for short periods of employment

• Full time professional workers

• Experts in their field but relatively expensive

• Individuals or businesses that are not employed by the organization

Matrix structure means

• Organizations are made up of core staff who are supported by peripheral workers, consultants and outsourced staff and contractors.

• The flexible organization of representatives from different departments temporarily working together on a particular project.

• Workers organized into independent team comprising of multiskilled staff for completing a whole unit of work in the production process.

• Organizations are strictly managed by rules and have the quick decision making.

Responsibility cannot be delegated, i.e. it always remains with the line manager.

• True

• False

Delegation comes with extra financial rewards, e.g. pay rises.

• True

• False

Which feature is not true for bureaucracy?

• Frequent requirements to fill out unnecessary paperwork

• Staff in different departments have to report to several managers

• Rapid decision making

• Encourage accountability and division of labour

Delayering means passing on of control and authority to others but the responsibility still remains with the line manager although the actual work is done by the authorized person.

• True

• False

Which feature is not true for hierarchical structure?

• Clear line of communications, i.e. improve the coordination and productivity

• Establish departments or teams to create a sense of belonging – departmentalization

• Cross-department coordination

• Hard to adapt to external change

Chain of command is the organizational structure based on a ranking system associated degree of authority and responsibility.

• True

• False

Employees in a flat-structured business are usually multi-skilled and can organize their own work effectively.

• True

• False