20 questions
It is how job tasks are formally divided, grouped & coordinated.
Work Specialization
Departmentalization
Organizational Structure
span of control
The following are the advantages of the division of labor, except one:
Specialized Training is more efficient
Work specialization is evident
Allows use of specialized equipment
Increase employees skills through repetition
The following are the common organization design, except one;
Simple structure
The Bureaucracy
The matrix structure
Complex Structure
What do you call an organization model that seeks to eliminate the chain of command, limitless spans of control and replace departments with empowered team?
Boundaryless Model
Mechanistic Model
Virtual Organization
Informalization
A small, core organization that out sources major business functions
Team Structure
Mechanistic Model
Virtual Organization
Environment
An organization’s size significantly affect its structure.
True
False
As an organizations becomes more larger it becomes more mechanistic.
True
False
It is defined as the underlying beliefs, assumptions, values and ways of interacting that contribute to the unique social and psychological environment of an organization
Culture
Organizational Behavior
Organizational Culture
Organizational Climate
The degree to which employees are expected to exhibit precision, analysis, and attention to detail.
Outcome orientation
Stability
Innovation and risk taking
Attention to detail
Culture enhances the stability of the social system. Culture is the social glue that does not help hold the organization together by providing standards for what employees should say and do.
True
False
It refers to the shared perceptions organizational members have about their organization and work environment
Culture
Organization Climate
Organizational Behavior
Organizational Culture
Three forces play a particularly important part in sustaining a culture:
Selection practices
Institutionalization
Top Management
Socialization Methods
Which of the following do NOT belong to what can managers do to create a more ethical culture?
Be a visible role model
Communicate ethical expectations
Provide ethical training
Acquisition and Mergers
The following are areas to consider that emphasizes a positive organizational culture, except:
Institutionalization
Rewarding More Than Punishing
Emphasizing Vitality and Growth
Building on Employee Strengths
It is any transformation or modification occurring in the work environment that affects the ways in which employees must act.
Change
Organizational Change
Organizational Development
Development
It may be disruptive, such as a wildcat strike that ends in a plant closure, or beneficial, such as an interpersonal conflict that results in a new procedure designed to smooth the flow of work between two departments.
Organizational Change
Planned Change
Unplanned Change
Competition
It consists of any employee behaviors designed to discredit, delay, or prevent the implementation of a work change.
Change
Reaction to Change
Unplanned Change
Resistance to Change
It is an approach to managing change where organizations must unfreeze, move, and refreeze to achieve its desired state.
Lewin's Three-Step Model
Kotter's Plan for Implementing Change
Action Research
Organizational Development
It is an unpleasant psychological process that occurs in response to environmental pressures.
Change
Development
Stress
Resistance
It is an individual approach to manage stress.
Non-competitive physical exercise
Selection and placement
Redesigning jobs
Wellness programs