1. All organizations have:
A. a formal hierarchy that includes supervisors and non-supervisory employees.
B. A divisionalized structure.
C. Some from of coordinating mechanism
D. A mechanistic structure
E. Both A and C
2. Freer trade, advances in formation technology, and more global customers are pressuring many large global companies to:
A. shift away from geographically based to more client- based divisionalized structures.
B. increase direct supervision as the main coordinating mechanism
C. shift away from divisionalized structures into functional structures.
D. Disband their team-based structures in favor of simple structures.
E. shift from functional structures to geographically based divisionalized structures.
3. Which of the following is NOT a coordinating mechanism?
A. Job descriptions
B. Informal communication
C. Centralization
D. Sales targets
E. Extensive training
4. Which of the following re contingencies of organization design?
A. Technology.
B. Organizational size.
C. Organizational environment
D. All of these contingencies of organizational design.
E. Only organizational size and environment are contingencies of organizational design.
5. Coordination through formal hierarchy relies on:
A. informal communication
B job descriptions
C. Goals and objectives
D. direct supervision.
E. Both B and D
6. Communication flows in all directions with little concern for the formal hierarchy in:
A. a mechanistic structure.
B. a centralized structure
C. a formalized structure
D. a functional structure
E. an organic structure