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Principles of Management Straighterline
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An advantage of functional departmentalization is the fact that - ANS decision making and lines
of communication are simple and clearly understood.

In a decentralized organization, more of the decisions are made by the - ANS lower levels of
the organization.

Bella is one of three managers at On-Time Electrical, where she supervises 32 repair
technicians. She reports to the owner. On-Time Electrical would be considered a _____
organization. - ANS flat

An example of a line department id - ANS product design.

Who selects the chief executive officer of a corporation? - ANS the board of directors

Anthony and Roberto are employed at the same company and often work on the same
products. However, they are assigned to separate units, and they perform very specific, different
jobs that contribute to the larger task. This is an example of - ANS specialization.

The presence of rules and regulations governing how people in the organization interact is
called - ANS formalization.

Authority typically is associated with a particular - ANS position rather than a particular person.

The numerous tasks that must be carried out in a large organization make _____ a necessity. -
ANS specialization

Several top executives at Cogswell Integrated Systems are part of the corporation's board and
are called ______ directors. - ANS inside

As operations manager of the Good Day Greeting Card Company, Rafael requires all seven
branch offices to use the same type of computer and operating system. This simplifies both the
communication and training processes for employees who frequently transfer between offices.
Rafael can best be described as coordinating the offices by - ANS standardization.

Division of labor is closely related to the concept of - ANS specialization.

,In some corporations, one person holds all three positions of CEO, chair of the board of
directors, and president, but it is more common for the CEO to - ANS serve also as either chair
of the board or president.

A specific technique used to reduce the need for information is to - ANS create self-contained
tasks.

Sun Dynasty Foods was voted producer of the best egg rolls nationwide. It soon expanded and
now manufactures and distributes a whole line of frozen foods, kitchen equipment, and specialty
sauces, with a separate department for each. Sun Dynasty is characterized by the ______
approach to departmentalization. - ANS product

Global Beverage Corporation is planning a worldwide celebration on a particular day in July that
marks the centennial of the company's founding. However, this has caused a problem in one of
its overseas markets, where that day happens to coincide with a solemn national holiday. How
should Global Beverage handle the situation? - ANS by allowing its local management team, in
consultation with national leaders and other local personnel, to develop plans for an alternative
celebration

Lawrence and Lorsch found that highly differentiated firms were successful if they had ______
levels of integration. - ANS high

Mia, vice president of operations, was looking to make her company more efficient and asked
Cesar to manage the reorganization of the order fulfillment center, even though he was less
experienced than many of the managers in that department. Cesar found that the other
managers were not cooperative in giving him access to their current procedures or ideas about
new ones, and he felt powerless to compel them. Mia most likely made the mistake of - ANS
delegating responsibility without adequate authority to Cesar.

By requiring all employees to follow specific procedures, PowerSounds Inc. is making use of the
principle known as - ANS standardization.

Whole Earth Grain Corp. has a production, finance, and accounts team. The company has two
basic categories that are departmentalized into bread and flour divisions. Each of its employees
has to report to two bosses—a functional manager and a divisional manager. Whole Earth Grain
Corp. is an example of a _____ organization. - ANS matrix

Stockholders of the Dearborn Automotive Group are voting on five new candidates to take an
empty seat on the company's board of directors. The board of directors is currently made up of
the company founder's two sons, one of the company's former marketing vice presidents, and a
chief operating officer who has been with the company since its inception. Based on twenty-first
century research and trends, the best person to fill the seat is - ANS the vice president of
product development for a software company.

, 24-7 Activewear, has separate product lines for men, women, and children. - ANS
decentralized decision making.

Each unit performs its specific set of tasks in Everyday Fashions Corp. This is an example of -
ANS differentiation.

All managers in Everyday Fashions Corp. are required to report to the CEO alone. This is an
example of an organization following - ANS unity of command.

Get in the Game Footwear, Inc., makes athletic shoes. Its departments are structured around
products sold to professional athletes, novice athletes, and non-athletes. Get in the Game
Footwear uses _____ departmentalization. - ANS customer

As CEO of Everyday Fashions Corp., Beatrice distributes work and assigns responsibility to the
various department managers through the process known as - ANS delegation.

Leng's task of successfully determining an appropriate size at which the company can perform
most effectively is known as - ANS rightsizing.

The factor that differentiates flexible factories from traditional factories is that flexible factories -
ANS organize work flow around products.

In organizations that use continuous process technologies, - ANS machines and/or computers
do all the work.

When he says that the company should use the same resources to make more related
products, Rajiv is calling for - ANS economies of scope.

In Japanese operations strategy, kaizen refers to - ANS continuous improvement.

The recession that began in 2008 forced widespread downsizing across many industries, and
although companies rehired workers once the recovery began, tough competition still dictates
that they - ANS stay as lean as possible.

Advantages of large organizations include - ANS easier access to capital.

A form of organization that is similar to Max Weber's description of a bureaucracy is a(n)
______ organization. - ANS mechanistic

Continual feedback to participants regarding how they are doing compared with the competition
and how effectively they are meeting the strategic agenda, is particularly important in - ANS a
high-involvement organization.

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