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A manufacturing manager who organizes the plant by separating engineering, accounting, manufacturing, personnel, and purchasing into departments is practicing which type of departmentalization?

A small core organization that outsources major business functions is known as a(n) ________ organization.

Virtual

Bureaucratic

Matrix

Mechanistic

Changes in corporate strategy precede and lead to

Better communication

Increased productivity.

Satisfying management's demands.

Changes in an organization's structure

Evidence indicates that work specialization contributes to higher employee productivity at the price of

Reduced job satisfaction

Reduced job coordination.

Reduced creativity

Increased job satisfaction.

If you wanted to outsource many of the functions that are currently performed within your organization, which organizational structure would make the most sense?

Matrix organization

Simple organization

Virtual organization

Team structure

In a highly formalized organization, job behaviours are relatively

Programmed.

Non-existent.

Flexible.

Nonprogrammed.

In an organization that has high centralization

The corporate headquarters is located centrally to branch offices.

Decision discretion is widely dispersed throughout the organization.

All top level officials are located within the same geographic area.

Problems can be quickly and efficiently solved.

Top managers make all the decisions–lower-level managers merely carry out directions.

The best definition for centralization is

Decision making is concentrated at a single point in the organization

Decision making is largely concentrated within teams.

Decision discretion is pushed down to lower-level employees.

Decision making is done in each department and then sent to the president for the final decision.

Decision making depends on the situation

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