the fact that many different kinds of structures exist suggests that no one type will be suitable for all organizations correct answers true
organization design involves making well-considered choices among the various structural alternatives available to an organization correct answers true
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MGT 325 Review Questions 11 || CORRECTLY
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the fact that many different kinds of structures exist suggests that no one type will be suitable
for all organizations correct answers true
organization design involves making well-considered choices among the various structural
alternatives available to an organization correct answers true
the degree to which a particular type of structure will contribute to the effectiveness of an
organization depends on contingency factors that impinge on the organization and shape its
business correct answers true
organizational productivity is another way to measure organizational effectiveness since they
are the same thing correct answers false; effectiveness differs from productivity in that
productivity measures do not take into account whether a firm is producing the RIGHT goods
or services
organizational efficiency means minimizing the raw materials and energy consumed by the
production of goods and services correct answers true
mechanistic structures permit workers to complete routine, narrowly defined tasks in an
efficient manner, but they lack flexibility correct answers true
owing to their flexibility, organic structures lack the single-minded focus required to perform
routine work in the most efficient manner correct answers true
company age and stage of development are life-cycle contingencies associated with
organizational growth correct answers true
at the inception stage of the organization life-cycle, one person or a small group of people
create an organization and identify the firm's initial purpose correct answers true
organizations in the inception stage typically take one bureaucratic forms of structure correct
answers false; takes on one of the prebureaucratic forms of structure - simple
undifferentiated/differentiated
during the third stage of the organizational life-cycle, elaboration, the organization seeks out
a new product, location, or client opportunities and typically takes on a centralized functional
structure correct answers false; takes on a need for decentralization & divisional
departmentation
an organization that has advanced to the transformation stage of the organizational life-cycle,
finds itself confronted by extremes of both change and complexity in its business situation
correct answers true
every organization progresses through every developmental stage of the organizational life-
cycle model correct answers false
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