BU398 pre-midterm questions with
verified solutions A+ passed
Organizations - correct answer ✔✔Social Entity
Goal Directed
Deliberately structured and coordinated
Linked to environment (open systems)
Closed systems vs open systems - correct answer ✔✔Environment is assumed stable.
Focus on internal efficiency, self-sufficient
Interact with environment, has subsystems
Input --> transformation process --> output
subsystems = boundary spanning --> production/maintenance/adaptation/management -->
boundary spanning
System designs - correct answer ✔✔Mechanical vs. organic
Centralized vs. decentralized
Specialized tasks vs. empowered roles
Formal vs. horizontal communication
Hierarchy of authority vs. collaborative teamwork
Mintzberg's organizational framework - correct answer ✔✔Technical core = basic work, daily
operations
Middle management = implementation, coordination
, Top management = direction, decisions, strategy, goals
Technical support staff = adaptation
Administrative support staff = smooth operation
Structural dimensions of org design (FSHCPP) - correct answer ✔✔Structural = internal
characteristics of the org:
Formalization = written documentation, describes behaviour/activities, policies
Specialization = subdivision of tasks (low/wide, high/narrow)
Hierarchy of authority = span of control (narrow/ tall, wide/short)
Centralization = authority level (top/centralized, bottom/decentralized)
Professionalism = formal education and training
Personnel ratios = deploy people to functions/departments
Structural dimensions P2:
Chain of command, span of control, departmentalization - correct answer ✔✔Chain of
command = line of authority in company
Span of control = # of subordinates a manager can control
Departmentalization = the process of group activities together
Contextual dimensions of org design (G/S, E, S, C, T) - correct answer ✔✔Contextual dimensions
= characterize the org and elements of the environment
Goals and strategy = purpose, competitive differentiation (statement of company intent vs. plan
of action for resource allocation)
Environment = elements outside the org
Size = number of employees
Culture = values, beliefs, understandings shared by employees
Tech = tools, techniques, actions transforming inputs to outputs
verified solutions A+ passed
Organizations - correct answer ✔✔Social Entity
Goal Directed
Deliberately structured and coordinated
Linked to environment (open systems)
Closed systems vs open systems - correct answer ✔✔Environment is assumed stable.
Focus on internal efficiency, self-sufficient
Interact with environment, has subsystems
Input --> transformation process --> output
subsystems = boundary spanning --> production/maintenance/adaptation/management -->
boundary spanning
System designs - correct answer ✔✔Mechanical vs. organic
Centralized vs. decentralized
Specialized tasks vs. empowered roles
Formal vs. horizontal communication
Hierarchy of authority vs. collaborative teamwork
Mintzberg's organizational framework - correct answer ✔✔Technical core = basic work, daily
operations
Middle management = implementation, coordination
, Top management = direction, decisions, strategy, goals
Technical support staff = adaptation
Administrative support staff = smooth operation
Structural dimensions of org design (FSHCPP) - correct answer ✔✔Structural = internal
characteristics of the org:
Formalization = written documentation, describes behaviour/activities, policies
Specialization = subdivision of tasks (low/wide, high/narrow)
Hierarchy of authority = span of control (narrow/ tall, wide/short)
Centralization = authority level (top/centralized, bottom/decentralized)
Professionalism = formal education and training
Personnel ratios = deploy people to functions/departments
Structural dimensions P2:
Chain of command, span of control, departmentalization - correct answer ✔✔Chain of
command = line of authority in company
Span of control = # of subordinates a manager can control
Departmentalization = the process of group activities together
Contextual dimensions of org design (G/S, E, S, C, T) - correct answer ✔✔Contextual dimensions
= characterize the org and elements of the environment
Goals and strategy = purpose, competitive differentiation (statement of company intent vs. plan
of action for resource allocation)
Environment = elements outside the org
Size = number of employees
Culture = values, beliefs, understandings shared by employees
Tech = tools, techniques, actions transforming inputs to outputs
