Ashford MGT330 Week 2 quiz (Score 100%)

Question1. Question : All of the following organizations would be very likely to use an organic organizational structure EXCEPTBlank Walls, an advertising agencyWonderlight, a manufacturing plantSmith &Gerot, a management consulting firmRough Draft, a graphic design groupQuestion 2. Question : At which of Alfred Chandler’s four stages of structural development does high product demand cause a crisis for a company?Stage 1Stage 2Stage 3Stage 4Question 3. Question : Authority consists of which two key components?the right to act and permission to directthe right to direct and permission to actthe right to decide and permission to repairthe right to repair and permission to decideQuestion 4. Question : During the job design phase, who decides specific job tasks?share holdersmanagersemployeesconsultantsQuestion 5. Question : The organizing function includes all of the following activities EXCEPTjob designdepartmentalizationspecificationfundingQuestion 6. Question : A manager’s span of control refers tohow many subordinates she overseeswhat departments she superviseswhat expertise she brings to her positionhow long she has held her current positionQuestion 7. Question : The most common form of departmentalization is by _______________.productfunctiongeographic regioncustomerQuestion 8. Question : Management theorist Henry Mintzberg outlined five common parts of an organization’s structural configuration: the operating core, the strategic apex, the middle line, ____________________, and _____________________.support staff; subordinate workersdesign analysts; technostructuretop-level managers; subordinate workerstechnostructure; support staffQuestion 9. Question : At which of Alfred Chandler’s four stages of structural development does product diversification occur?Stage 1Stage 2Stage 3Stage 4Question 10. Question : Brenda is an electrician with Bright Light Home and Business. Into which category of job does she best fit?semiskilled blue collarskilled blue collarsemiprofessionalprofessional