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The legal affairs attorney working for Intel would most likely occupy a(n) _____.

A) vice president position
B) high position in the chain of command
C) staff position
D) nonessential position
E) authoritarian position

F) A) and B)
G) A) and E)

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Question 62

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A manager with few subordinates is said to have a

A) narrow span of control.
B) flat organizational structure.
C) managerial hierarchy.
D) matrix structure.
E) wide span of control.

F) A) and D)
G) D) and E)

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Question 63

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An informal communications network within an organization is known as a _____.

When organizations are departmentalized by function, supervision becomes more complex.

A relatively permanent committee charged with performing some recurring task is called a(n) _____.

The span of management plays a direct role in determining the organization's height.

A supervisor may delegate all accountability to subordinates.

In a flat organization, administrative costs are higher because more managers are needed.

Green Sports Incorporated is a small start-up company that manufactures and markets sports equipment made from recycled materials.Green Sports is best suited to base its departmentalization on product.

The most common bases for departmentalization are function, product, location, and customer.

A span of control may be wide when

A food products company has many layers of management and narrow spans of control.It is divided into operations, marketing, research and development, and finance divisions.Centralized top management makes most of the company's important decisions.This food products company most resembles a ____ organizational structure.

Galvin Corporation provides institutional food facilities with bread and other baked goods.The company does not actually produce or market the bread, and it has very few employees, most of whom are top executives or clerical workers.Galvin Corporation has a ____ organizational structure.

Bob McKinsey, a plant supervisor at a Saturn production facility, is responsible for making sure that his plant produces a specific number of automobiles per day, thus ensuring that the company reaches its production quota.Bob's position is an example of a staff management position.

The step of distributing responsibility and authority within the organization is called

A marketing consulting firm has teams that work on projects together.The teams are reassembled or left together based on the needs of each client.This company has a ____ organizational structure.

Location, product, function, and customer are common bases for a firm's _____.

Dramatic Expressions Dramatic Expressions is a home decorating company that sells many different household accessories ranging from candles to entertainment centers.Wanda is the CEO of the company.She feels that there is not enough specialization within the company and wants to organize the business in a different way.Wanda thinks that the company would be more effective if it were to switch to a new way of organization.For example, there could be a manager in charge of the candles, a different manager in charge of the entertainment centers, and so on. Another issue that Wanda wants to resolve is that of delegation.She believes that if she could improve her delegating style, employees would feel more empowered and want to go above and beyond what they are required to do.There are certain reasons that Wanda has a hard time delegating to others, but she is confident that the problem will be overcome if she works on it. -Refer to Dramatic Expressions.What could be a possible reason for Wanda not wanting to delegate work?

Susan was given the responsibility for chairing a campus committee.To complete the delegation process, she should be given the ____ to carry out this responsibility.

The head of the marketing department at CBS Environmental, Inc.supervises twelve people in her department.This represents her