Multiple Choice Identify the
choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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Select the type of relationship that is described below:
A link between
workers in advisory positions and other employees - use their specialised expertise to support the
efforts of line employees who may chose to act on the advice given
a. | Staff | c. | Line | b. | Functional | d. | Lateral |
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Select the type of relationship that is described below:
a situation
where specialists have the authority to insist that employees implement their instructions concerning
a particular issue
a. | Staff | c. | Line | b. | Functional | d. | Lateral |
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Select the type of relationship that is described below:
The links that
exist between managers and staff whom they oversee directly
a. | Staff | c. | Line | b. | Functional | d. | Lateral |
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Select the incorrect statement
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A functional relationship is where staff department specialists have the authority to
insist that line managers implement their instructions concerning a particular issue
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b. | Lateral relationships is where specialists have the authority to insist that
line managers implement their instructions | c. | Staff employees are workers who are in advisory
positions | d. | Employees may be related to one another in a variety of
ways |
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Select the item that best defines hierarchy
a. | The number of levels of authority | b. | The number of managers reporting to another
manager | c. |
The form of organization structure |
d. | The degree to which the authority to make
certain decisions is located at the top |
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Match the label with the description:
“The degree to which an
organization lays down common rules and procedures”
a. | Standardization | c. | Formalization | b. | Specialization | d. | Centralization |
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Match the label with the description:
“The degree to which the
authority to make certain decisions is located at the top of the management
hierarchy”
a. | Standardization | c. | Formalization | b. | Specialization | d. | Centralization |
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Common forms of organization design are represented as options.
Which
form would be more appropriate for companies offering similar products, using similar technology,
with few products or customers.
a. | International division structure | c. | Global product | b. | Global functional
| d. | Global Area
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Which term best describes organization in a transnational?
a. | Bureaucracy | c. | Hierarchy | b. | Heterarchy | d. | Global |
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Select the best label for the company described:
“decentralisation
is emphasised to achieve differentiation”
a. | Multinational | c. | International | b. | Global | d. | Transnational |
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Select the best label for the company described:
“designed to
transfer parent company knowledge and expertise to foreign markets but not so centralised
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a. | Multinational | c. | International | b. | Global | d. | Transnational |
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The Global form is preferred when:
a. | the pressure for local responsiveness is strong and the pressure for global
integration is strong | b. | the pressure for local responsiveness is weak
and the pressure for global integration is strong | c. | the pressure for local responsiveness is strong
and the pressure for global integration is weak | d. | the pressure for local responsiveness is weak
and the pressure for global integration is weak |
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The Transnational form is preferred when:
a. | the pressure for local responsiveness is strong and the pressure for global
integration is strong | b. | the pressure for local responsiveness is weak
and the pressure for global integration is strong | c. | the pressure for local responsiveness is strong
and the pressure for global integration is weak | d. | the pressure for local responsiveness is weak
and the pressure for global integration is weak |
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Which of the following is not a formal control mechanism?
a. | bureaucracy | c. | structure | b. | codes of conduct | d. | socialisation |
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Which control type should be preferred for the situation described:
Goal
congruence is strong/ environmental turbulence is strong
a. | Clan control | b. | Bureaucratic control | c. | Diagnostic (with
central involvement) and technical controls | d. | Formal Belief systems and diagnostic controls
for self regulation |
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