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1
Organizational design is a formal system of task and reporting relationships working together to achieve organizational goals.
A)TRUE
B)FALSE
2
Managers who enlarge jobs create a more formal, less flexible structure.
A)TRUE
B)FALSE
3
Job enlargement increases the number of different tasks in a job by changes in the division of labour.
A)TRUE
B)FALSE
4
A market structure is also called a competitive structure.
A)TRUE
B)FALSE
5
A product structure puts divisional managers close to their customers and lets them respond quickly to a changing environment.
A)TRUE
B)FALSE
6
The matrix structure is an organizational structure that simultaneously groups people and resources by function and product.
A)TRUE
B)FALSE
7
A product team structure is one in which employees are temporarily assigned to a cross-functional team and report only to the division manager.
A)TRUE
B)FALSE
8
A functional structure is advantageous because it allows managers to create the functions they need to scan and monitor the task and general environments.
A)TRUE
B)FALSE
9
A product team structure, like a matrix structure, requires dual reporting.
A)TRUE
B)FALSE
10
In a boundaryless organization, people regularly meet face-to-face.
A)TRUE
B)FALSE
11
In a B2B network, many companies in an industry and their suppliers use the same software platform to link to each other.
A)TRUE
B)FALSE
12
A tall organization has few levels of authority.
A)TRUE
B)FALSE
13
When decision-making is near the customer, managers are better able to respond to customer needs.
A)TRUE
B)FALSE
14
Mechanistic structures are appropriate in some situations, while organic structures are appropriate in other situations.
A)TRUE
B)FALSE
15
Different strategies require different organizational structures.
A)TRUE
B)FALSE
16
A differentiation strategy usually succeeds best in a mechanistic structure.
A)TRUE
B)FALSE
17
In a quickly changing environment, managers usually make organizational design choices that result in a rigid structure.
A)TRUE
B)FALSE
18
The more complicated the technology, the more difficult it is for managers to adopt a formal organizational structure.
A)TRUE
B)FALSE





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