USC BUAD 304 Final Exam Questions With Correct
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How jobs in a company are formally grouped, divided, and coordinated is called -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-organizational structure
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Name the six aspects of organizational structure (hint SF DC WC) - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-span of control, formalization, departmentalization, chain of
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command, work specialization, centralization
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How wide or lean a company structure is referred to as its - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-span of control | |
How standardized a job is in an organization is called - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
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formalization
Just like how the army has a formal level hierarchy, companies do too. This is
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called the - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-chain of command
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Instead of having one dude build a car, we have 100 of them work on it at once,
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each working on only once part. This is called - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-work
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specialization
A company where the decision making is at top-level management is - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-centralized
,A company where the decision making is at low-level management is - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-decentralized
What are the 5 types of departmentalization methods? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
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function, product, geography, process, customer
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The smallest management structure is the - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-simple
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structure
The most standardized management structure is the - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
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bureaucracy
The structure that breaks the unity of command rule that combines function and
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product departmentalization is called the - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-matrix
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structure
Give five organizational structure designs - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Simple
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structure, matrix structure, bureaucracy, virtual organization, boundaryless
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organization
What are the tradeoffs of work specialization? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Increased
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productivity for worker boredom/dissatisfaction
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Unity of command states that - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-each worker should have
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one and only one supervisor
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,Entrepreneurs prefer ____ structure. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-simple
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As simple structures grow, their inefficiency makes them transform into ______ -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-bureaucracy |
What are two pros and two cons of simple structures? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
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they are inefficient and wholly dependent on the decisions of the owner, but they
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are cheap and flexible
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What are two pros and cons of bureaucracies? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-efficient
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and low in labor costs, but inflexible/rule bound and has coordination problems
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The matrix structure combines what two departmentalization methods? -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-product and function
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Unit of command is broken by what organizational structure? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-matrix structure |
Give two pros and cons of matrix structures. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-They can
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coordinate across multiple products and efficiently use specialists, but there are
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power struggles/confusion and more stress.
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This organizational structure places heavy emphasis on negotiation and
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collaboration in order to succeed. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-matrix structure - in
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order to mitigate power struggles
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, Virtual organizations are (organic/mechanistic) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-organic
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Matrix structures are (organic/mechanistic) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-organic
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Simple structures are (organic/mechanistic) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-organic
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Organic structures have ____ formalization and are (centralized/decentralized) -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-low, decentralized
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Mechanistic structures have ____ formalization and are
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(centralized/decentralized) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-high, centralized
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Give two pros and cons of boundaryless structures. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-They
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|are highly business focused and flexible which reduces control/coordination
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costs, but they're difficult to implement, require new skillsets/methods, and new
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information technology. |
Mechanistic vs organic - contrast. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Mechanistic structures
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|are highly formalized and centralized while organic structures have low
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formalization and are decentralized. | | |
What are the four factors that determine organizational structure? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-Strategy, size, technology, environment | | |
Answers
How jobs in a company are formally grouped, divided, and coordinated is called -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-organizational structure
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Name the six aspects of organizational structure (hint SF DC WC) - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-span of control, formalization, departmentalization, chain of
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command, work specialization, centralization
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How wide or lean a company structure is referred to as its - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-span of control | |
How standardized a job is in an organization is called - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
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formalization
Just like how the army has a formal level hierarchy, companies do too. This is
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
called the - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-chain of command
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Instead of having one dude build a car, we have 100 of them work on it at once,
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
each working on only once part. This is called - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-work
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specialization
A company where the decision making is at top-level management is - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-centralized
,A company where the decision making is at low-level management is - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-decentralized
What are the 5 types of departmentalization methods? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
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function, product, geography, process, customer
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The smallest management structure is the - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-simple
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structure
The most standardized management structure is the - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
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bureaucracy
The structure that breaks the unity of command rule that combines function and
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product departmentalization is called the - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-matrix
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structure
Give five organizational structure designs - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Simple
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structure, matrix structure, bureaucracy, virtual organization, boundaryless
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organization
What are the tradeoffs of work specialization? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Increased
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productivity for worker boredom/dissatisfaction
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Unity of command states that - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-each worker should have
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one and only one supervisor
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,Entrepreneurs prefer ____ structure. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-simple
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As simple structures grow, their inefficiency makes them transform into ______ -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-bureaucracy |
What are two pros and two cons of simple structures? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
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they are inefficient and wholly dependent on the decisions of the owner, but they
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are cheap and flexible
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What are two pros and cons of bureaucracies? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-efficient
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and low in labor costs, but inflexible/rule bound and has coordination problems
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The matrix structure combines what two departmentalization methods? -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-product and function
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Unit of command is broken by what organizational structure? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-matrix structure |
Give two pros and cons of matrix structures. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-They can
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coordinate across multiple products and efficiently use specialists, but there are
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power struggles/confusion and more stress.
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This organizational structure places heavy emphasis on negotiation and
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collaboration in order to succeed. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-matrix structure - in
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order to mitigate power struggles
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, Virtual organizations are (organic/mechanistic) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-organic
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Matrix structures are (organic/mechanistic) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-organic
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Simple structures are (organic/mechanistic) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-organic
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Organic structures have ____ formalization and are (centralized/decentralized) -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-low, decentralized
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Mechanistic structures have ____ formalization and are
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(centralized/decentralized) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-high, centralized
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Give two pros and cons of boundaryless structures. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-They
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|are highly business focused and flexible which reduces control/coordination
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costs, but they're difficult to implement, require new skillsets/methods, and new
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information technology. |
Mechanistic vs organic - contrast. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Mechanistic structures
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|are highly formalized and centralized while organic structures have low
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formalization and are decentralized. | | |
What are the four factors that determine organizational structure? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-Strategy, size, technology, environment | | |
