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1
According to Chester Barnard an organisation is a system of consciously co-ordinated activities or forces of two or more persons.
A)true
B)false
2
The structure of organisation is the sum total of the ways in which the organisation divides its labour into distinct tasks and then achieves coordination among them.
A)true
B)false
3
Horizontal specialisation determines who takes responsibility and who has decision-making power.
A)true
B)false
4
Line functions earn the organisation’s income directly, while staff functions provide the support for earning that income.
A)true
B)false
5
The most important advantage of the matrix structure is the elimination of the unity of command, which allows for more flexibility.
A)true
B)false
6
Centralisation and decentralisation are an either-or proposition.
A)true
B)false
7
Organisations that are largely making use of hierarchy and rules to co-ordinate are more centralised.
A)true
B)false
8
Extreme mechanistic organisations are loosing sight on the rationality norm.
A)True
B)False
9
Flexibility in organisational form refers to new ways of grouping units and new kinds of alliances and cooperations between organisations.
A)true
B)false
10
Flexibility is a threat to the integration of the organisation.
A)true
B)false
11
Pyramid-shaped organisations are an alternative to hierarchical organisations.
A)true
B)false
12
The newest organisation types are prone to interpersonal conflict.
A)true
B)false
13
Staff functions can be outsourced more easily than line functions.
A)true
B)false
14
Centralisation and decentralisation are two ends of a continuum referring to the extent to which the decision-making power is concentrated at the top or dispersed in the organisation.
A)true
B)false
15
The entrepreneurial organisation is a very simple organisation type.
A)true
B)false





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