Types of departments

What is the primary focus of Departmentalisation?

• Randomly assigning jobs to managers

• Grouping jobs based on a predetermined plan

• Creating managerial roles

• Overseeing all employees personally

Which form of departmentalisation groups jobs based on organisational functions like finance or production?

• Functional Departmentalisation

• Location Departmentalisation

• Customer Departmentalisation

• Product Departmentalisation

What is a disadvantage of Functional Departmentalisation as organisations expand?

• Enhanced decision-making speed

• Improved assessment of individual product performance

• Narrow focus on individual units

• Integrated and coordinated activities

What is a benefit of Product Departmentalisation?

• Enhanced decision-making speed and effectiveness

• Need for functional specialists in each department

• Managers' focus solely on their product

• Increased administrative costs

Which departmentalization method allows organizations to cater to specific customers or customer groups?

• Product based Departmentalisation

• Function based Departmentalisation

• Customer based Departmentalisation

• Location based Departmentalisation

What is the primary advantage of Location Departmentalisation?

• Adapting easily to regional customer and environmental characteristics

• Grouping jobs based on defined geographic sites

• Managing units across dispersed locations

• Larger administrative staff

In which departmentalization method are jobs grouped based on defined geographic sites or areas?

• Functions bases

• Product based

• Location based

• Customer based