ANSWER:
a
25. _____ refers to the tools, techniques, and actions used to transform inputs into outputs.
a.
Organization design
b.
Organizational performance
c.
Organizational technology
d.
Organizational behavior
ANSWER:
c
26. _____ refers to the amount of resources used to achieve an organization’s goals.
a.
Effectiveness
b.
Contingency
c.
Sustainability
d.
Efficiency
ANSWER:
d
27. _____ is the degree to which an organization achieves its goals.
a.
Effectiveness
b.
Contingency
c.
Sustainability
d.
Efficiency
ANSWER:
a
28. _____ primarily focus on the design and functioning of an organization as a whole.
a.
Structural dimensions
b.
Administrative principles
c.
Contingency factors
d.
Functional dimensions
ANSWER:
b
29. _____ emphasize designing and managing organizations on an impersonal, rational basis through such elements as clearly defined authority and responsibility, formal recordkeeping, and uniform application of standard rules.
a.
Structural dimensions
b.
Administrative principles
c.
Contingency factors
d.
Bureaucratic organizations
ANSWER:
d
30. A(n) _____ design means that an organization is much looser, free-flowing, and adaptive.
a.
organic
b.
specialized
c.
vertical
d.
mechanistic
ANSWER:
a
31. Subzero Enterprises is a publishing company based in the United States of America. The company has 70 employees. Information flows in all directions within and across departments and hierarchical levels. The rules and regulations at Subzero Enterprises are flexibly applied. Subzero Enterprises follows a(n) _____ design.
a.
vertical
b.
specialized
c.
organic
d.
mechanistic
ANSWER:
c
32. Which of the following contingency factors will influence whether an organization is more effective with a primarily mechanistic organization design?
a.
Service technology
b.
Large size
c.
Adaptive culture
d.
Innovation strategy
ANSWER:
b
33. Which of the following contingency factors will influence whether an organization is more effective with a primarily organic design?
a.
Manufacturing technology
b.
Stable environment
c.
Adaptive culture
d.
Efficiency strategy
ANSWER:
c
34. At Infosoft Solutions, employees are encouraged to take care of their problems by working with one another and with customers, using their discretion to make decisions. From this information, it can be understood that Infosoft Solutions is a _____ organization.
a.
decentralized
b.
centralized
c.
mechanistic
d.
bureaucratic
ANSWER:
a
35. A _____ is a narrowly defined piece of work assigned to a person.
a.
task
b.
role
c.
job
d.
designation
ANSWER:
a
36. A _____ has discretion and responsibility, allowing a person to use his or her judgment and ability to achieve an outcome or meet a goal.