Organizational Structure Quiz

The main purpose of organizing as a management function is to

• make sure that results match plans

• arrange people and resources to accomplish work

• create enthusiasm for the work to be done

• match strategies with operational plans

______ is the system of tasks, reporting relationships, and communication that links together the various parts of an organization.

• Structure

• Staff

• Decentralization

• Differentiation

An organization chart showing vice presidents of marketing, finance, manufacturing, and purchasing all reporting to the president is depicting a ______ structure.

• functional

• matrix

• network

• product

A manufacturing business with a functional structure has recently developed three new product lines. The president of the company might consider shifting to a(n) ______ structure to gain a stronger focus on each product.

• virtual

• informal

• divisional

• network

______ structure tries to combine the best elements of the functional and divisional forms.

• Virtual

• Boundaryless

• Team

• Matrix

'Tall' organizations tend to have long chains of command and ______ spans of control.

• wide

• narrow

• informal

• centralized

The current trend in the use of staff in organizations is to

• give staff more authority

• reduce the number of staff

• remove all staff

• combine staff functions

Which type of organization design best fits an uncertain and changing environment?

• mechanistic

• bureaucratic

• organic

• traditional

An organization that employs a few core full-time employees and outsources the rest shows signs of using a ______ structure.

• functional

• network

• matrix

• mechanistic