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Design Management MCQ

1. Use cases are used to more fully delineate _____.

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Correct Answer: System requirements

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2. Mcgregor recognized that ________.

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Correct Answer: Their attitude toward workers affected how managers proceeded to motivate

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3. Aptitude tests are also called ____.

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Correct Answer: Specific ability tests

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4. ________ systems are designed to handle multiple concurrent transactions from customers.

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Correct Answer: Online transaction processing

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5. Which level of management generally plays the role of coaches and developers of people?

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Correct Answer: Middle managers

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6. The four types of organizational structures are functional, product, matrix, and ______.

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Correct Answer: Geographic

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7. Mintzberg described organizations in terms of the ______ of different organizational units.

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Correct Answer: Functions

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8. The functional organization structure is also known as the ______ structure.

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Correct Answer: Departmentalized

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9. Regardless of level, all managers must align the ______ at their level with those of the overall organization.

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Correct Answer: Goals

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10. Which of the following terms is often used to describe a machine organization?

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Correct Answer: Bureaucracy

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11. Which statement best describes the concept of complexity in the context of an organization?

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Correct Answer: The range of activities conducted within an organization

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12. ______ can be compared to the blueprint that architects use to create buildings.

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Correct Answer: Organizational structure

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13. The ______ outlines task elements of different jobs.

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Correct Answer: Job Characteristics Theory

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14. The ______ outlines task elements of different jobs.

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Correct Answer: Job Characteristics Theory

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15. Which of the following terms is used to describe the top management team members in an organization?

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Correct Answer: C-Suite

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16. Organizational design is defined as a process of building and ______ an organization’s structure to reach certain goals.

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Correct Answer: Adjusting

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17. In a matrix organization, functions are combined with which other element?

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Correct Answer: Projects

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18. One of the key aspects of Mintzberg’s organizational model is the ______ of management and strategic direction.

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Correct Answer: Separation

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19. The extent to which individuals can show initiative in designing their own work is known as ______.

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Correct Answer: Job crafting

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20. Select the question below that is open-ended.

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Correct Answer: Why do you think so many employees asked off for the same day?

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21. Mary held a meeting via an online meeting tool on her computer. Mary started the meeting and then asked if others on the call could hear her. They responded that they could not understand her because her audio was cutting in and out. This is an example of ______.

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Correct Answer: a feedback loop

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22. Sally wants to be a manager, but because of her ______, or fear of communication, she only applies for jobs that do not require a lot of interaction.

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Correct Answer: communication apprehension

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23. Select the example below that best highlights upward communication.

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Correct Answer: An employee sees a problem on the line and immediately notifies the supervisor.

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24. In a ______, Lee, a production employee, can only send communication to her manager, who then sends it on to the proper channel.

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Correct Answer: centralized network

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25. A message that is filled with many grammatical errors and misspellings is a communication barrier that can impact how a receiver ______ a message.

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Correct Answer: decodes

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26. A good communication tool is known as ______, which allows questions to be asked enabling the sender to confirm the message made sense to the audience.

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Correct Answer: two-way communication

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27. The CEO uses a ______ style by sending an email message to his front-line employees, who then emailed a version of this message to their operating employees.

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Correct Answer: downward communication

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28. Jake uses ______ and always nods while someone is telling him something, and then takes time to repeat back to them what he heard.

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Correct Answer: active listening

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29. Jane, a training manager was meeting with new hires. Throughout her discussion she used a lot of ______ and told them they would be taking a lot of eLearning, CBT training and ILTs. The employees were not sure what Jane meant.

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Correct Answer: jargon

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30. Which level of management generally plays the role of coaches and developers of people?

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Correct Answer: middle managers

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31. ______ can be compared to the blueprint that architects use to create buildings.

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Correct Answer: Organizational structure

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32. Which statement best describes the concept of complexity in the context of an organization?

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Correct Answer: the range of activities conducted within an organization

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33. The ______ outlines task elements of different jobs.

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Correct Answer: Job Characteristics Theory

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34. Mintzberg described organizations in terms of the ______ of different organizational units.

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Correct Answer: functions

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35. Regardless of level, all managers must align the ______ at their level with those of the overall organization.

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Correct Answer: goals

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36. The four types of organizational structures are functional, product, matrix, and ______.

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Correct Answer: geographic

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37. The extent to which individuals can show initiative in designing their own work is known as ______.

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Correct Answer: job crafting

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38. One of the key aspects of Mintzberg’s organizational model is the ______ of management and strategic direction.

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Correct Answer: separation

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39. In a matrix organization, functions are combined with which other element?

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Correct Answer: projects

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40. The five traits of organizational design that describe most companies are specialization, formalization, ______, standardization, and configuration.

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Correct Answer: centralization

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41. Organizational design is defined as a process of building and ______ an organization’s structure to reach certain goals.

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Correct Answer: adjusting

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42. Which of the following terms is often used to describe a machine organization?

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Correct Answer: bureaucracy

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43. Which of the following terms is used to describe the top management team members in an organization?

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Correct Answer: C-Suite

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44. Which statement best describes the concept of complexity in the context of an organization?

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Correct Answer: the range of activities conducted within an organization

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45. Regardless of level, all managers must align the ______ at their level with those of the overall organization.

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Correct Answer: goals

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46. Which level of management generally plays the role of coaches and developers of people?

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Correct Answer: middle managers

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47. ______ can be compared to the blueprint that architects use to create buildings.

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Correct Answer: Organizational structure

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48. The extent to which individuals can show initiative in designing their own work is known as ______.

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Correct Answer: job crafting

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49. One of the key aspects of Mintzberg’s organizational model is the ______ of management and strategic direction.

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Correct Answer: separation

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50. Which of the following terms is often used to describe a machine organization?

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Correct Answer: bureaucracy

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51. The functional organization structure is also known as the ______ structure.

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Correct Answer: departmentalized

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52. The five traits of organizational design that describe most companies are specialization, formalization, ______, standardization, and configuration.

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Correct Answer: centralization

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53. A temporary cooperation of enterprises that share __________ to better respond to business opportunities.

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Correct Answer: All of these

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54. Vertical Loading is known as adding decision-making responsibility to the job.

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Correct Answer: True

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55. _________ is the gap between the amount of information possessed and that required to perform a task.

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Correct Answer: Uncertainty

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56. ____________ is the analysts whose job is to standardize the work of others in the organization.

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Correct Answer: Technostructure

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57. The degree to which the job is seen as having an impact on others; when the work does something good for society is known as

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Correct Answer: Task Significance

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58. When an employee has _____ over a task and begins to identify with an entire work product in Task Identity?

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Correct Answer: ownership

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59. Staff involved in the operations and destruction of a workplace, including the administration and human resources is known as support staff ?

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Correct Answer: false

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60. Strategic Apex is ____?

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Correct Answer: The top management team.

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61. When jobs are narrowly defined and depend on unique expertis is called:

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Correct Answer: Specialization

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62. When an employee has _____ over a task and begins to identify with an entire work product in Task Identity?

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Correct Answer: ownership

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63. Staff involved in the operations and destruction of a workplace, including the administration and human resources is known as support staff ?

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Correct Answer: false

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64. Strategic Apex is ____?

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Correct Answer: The top management team.

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65. Span of Control is __?

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Correct Answer: the number of direct reports each person has.

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66. When a company has Many owner; it is easy to form and offers complete managerial control to the owner is known as Sole Proprietorship?

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Correct Answer: false

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67. Sociotechnical Systems Design is a type of organizational design based on the premise that an organization comprises both the structure and ______among employees.?

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Correct Answer: social interactions

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68. The extent to which people use different skills and abilities at work; the employee is not doing the same repetitive tasks over and over is called skill Variety.

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Correct Answer: True

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69. The sense that knowledge-sharing and goal development are relevant only within a division, rather than at the company level is known as?

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Correct Answer: Silo Mentality

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70. An organization that features highly trained professionals, high specialization, decentralized decision-making, and complex rules and procedures is called?

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Correct Answer: Professional Organization

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71. Product Organization organizes the work into units that are responsible for producing specific products and services and also known as

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Correct Answer: Both a and b

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72. A relationship between two or more investors who have a stake in a company is known as

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Correct Answer: Partnership

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73. The rules, relationships, communication channels, and duties that allow members to work toward their shared goals is known as?

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Correct Answer: Organization Structure

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74. Another term for a “____”consists of one large unit with one or two top managers; these organizations are relatively unstructured and informal.

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Correct Answer: simple structure

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75. The process of constructing and adjusting an organization’s structure to achieve its goals is known as?

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Correct Answer: Organizational Design

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76. A diagram that depicts an organization’s hierarchy is known as

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Correct Answer: Organization Chart

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77. Operating Core is the people who produce a company’s products.?

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Correct Answer: true

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78. The Middle Line is a ?

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Correct Answer: Middle managers.

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79. M-forms of__________ have a wide array of brands, products, or divisions in different geographical locations.

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Correct Answer: Multidivisional organizations

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80. Machine Organization that features standardization, _____, and routine procedures while utilizing centralized decision-making.?

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Correct Answer: formalization

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81. Limited-Liability Corporation (LLC) is a?

Answer

Correct Answer: A hybrid of a partnership and a corporation.

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82. Which the statement is true?

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Correct Answer: Job rotation is Cross-training or allowing workers to do different jobs.

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83. _________ practice of loading jobs with core job characteristics that have been shown to motivate employees.?

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Correct Answer: Job Redesign

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84. Job Enrichment Includes the addition of tasks ___________ scope of work that are of interest to the employee or are generally reserved for employees in position of authority?

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Correct Answer: outside an employee’s

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85. Who said that “A job is a set of task elements grouped together under one job title and designed to be performed by a single individual”?

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Correct Answer: llgen & Hollenbeck, 1991

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86. ________ the combination of one functional area’s work into the minor whole of the organization.?

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Correct Answer: none of these

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87. Innovative organizations have another term for “_______” companies that work in emerging industries, which require leadership to adjust practices “ad hoc,” or as needed.?

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Correct Answer: adhocracy

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88. the addition of tasks to an existing job that require the same level of skill is known as____?

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Correct Answer: Combining Tasks

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89. Hierarchy of Authority the power structure of an organization where the amount of authority decreases with each level.

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Correct Answer: false

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90. Growth-Need Strength a person’s need to learn old things, grow, and develop from working.

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Correct Answer: false

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91. An organization that stays close to their customers because the delivery of fresh products is important is known as?

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Correct Answer: geographic organization

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92. Functional organizations work into small units (e.g., departments) based on business functions or expertise.

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Correct Answer: false

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93. The amount of rules, regulations, and procedures an organization requires its employees to follow is known as?

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Correct Answer: formalisation

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94. Feedback from the job of information is not provided by the job on how effective the employee’s work is.

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Correct Answer: false

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95. Economies of scale are: More units of a good or a service are produced on a smaller scale, yet with (on average) fewer input costs.

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Correct Answer: false

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96. dotted -line relationship is a Communication channel that exists without a direct power relationship.

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Correct Answer: true

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97. customers, or major programs, with decentralization of weekly decisions.

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Correct Answer: true

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98. Employees who report to an organization higher in the organization’s hierarchy

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Correct Answer: false

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99. C-suit is the CEO and other top management team members, such as the chief executive officer (CEO), who report to the organization’s board of directors, which is led by the (DSP)of the board.

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Correct Answer: false

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100. A company or group authorized to act as a single entity is known as ?

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Correct Answer: Corporation

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101. Context satisfaction is the degree to which employees are satisfied with various aspects of their job?

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Correct Answer: true

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102. Complexity is the range of activities conducted within an ____?

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Correct Answer: organization.

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103. When most or all ______are made by an organization’s top leadership rather than by the managers or employees of individual work units in centralization?

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Correct Answer: key decisions

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104. Boundary spanners is Individuals who are especially sensitive to and skilled in bridging interests, professions, and organizations.?

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Correct Answer: true

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105. When an employee’s job-crafting involves role reduction or work withdrawal is known as ?

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Correct Answer: Avoidance Job-Crafting

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106. Autonomy is’t the extent to which the employee has the freedom to plan and perform their own work?

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Correct Answer: false

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107. When an employee’s___involves role and social expansion .?

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Correct Answer: job-crafting

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