Question $36(1$ point$)$

What type of organization design occurs when top management makes all the important decisions?

Question $36$ options:

organic

formalized

complex

decentralized

centralized

Question $37(1$ point$)$

Your organization is increasing its differentiation based on changes to its external complexity. What will it need to try harder to do$?$

Question $37$ options:

develop teams

not socialize newcomers

improve and$/$or increase coordination

train employees in communication

clarify roles

Question $38(1$ point$)$

If an organization needs to be adaptive and flexible it would likely develop a$($an$)\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_$ organization design.

Question $38$ options:

organic

mechanistic

bureaucratic

classical

traditional

Question $39(1$ point$)$

Which of the following, A$,$ B$,$ C$,$ D$,$ or E$,$ is not a strategy for changing and strengthening organizational culture identified in the text?

Question $39$ options:

Aligning artifacts with the desired culture

Introducing culturally consistent rewards

Supporting workforce stability and communication

Reducing the number of stories and symbols used

Modeling desired behaviours by organization leaders

Question $40(1$ point$)$

The workers of Smith Company truly believe that the way they do things at their organization is the right way. This sentiment best reflects a$($an$)\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_$ culture.

Question $40$ options:

effective

strong

weak

sub

multi$-$cultural

Question $41(1$ point$)$

Which organizational design has a combination of two structures?

Question $41$ options:

product

matrix

simple

divisional

functional

Question $42(1$ point$)$

Jed had accepted a job with a national bank. After his first few weeks on the job Jed realized that the training and resources that he believed that he had been promised while being recruited did not materialize. Jed is experiencing a violation of his $\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_.$

Question $42$ options:

selection bonus

job contract

attrition contract

psychological contract

Question $43(1$ point$)$

Candoo Ltd will soon flatten its hierarchy by removing two of the five layers of management. If the number of employees in the organization remains constant, which of the following must occur?

Question $43$ options:

It must adopt a matrix form of departmentalization

It must adopt a functional structure

It must widen the span of control

It must adopt a product structure

It must narrow the span of control

Question $44(1$ point$)$

In organizational structures, integrator roles serve mainly as:

Question $44$ options:

a form of standardization

an informal communicating coordinating mechanism

a form of direct supervision

one of four types of technology

the main element in divisionalized structures

Question $45(1$ point$)$

What is the span of control?

Question $45$ options:

the number of employees a manager supervises

vertical differentiation

the number of levels in the organization

the department layouts

who reports to whom in the organization

Question $46(1$ point$)$

What is the term for the degree to which the organization pushes decision$-$making authority to those at lower levels in the organization?

Question $46$ options:

decentralization

mechanistic

complexity

formalization

centralization