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What tasks would a manager complete when organizing:
Arranging an Office Space
An organization with a wide span of control usually
Has a lack of middle managers
A company has a goal to launch a new product. After setting this goal, company management needs to
Determine the work needed to accomplish it.
What is benefit of the division of labor:
Increased Efficiency
How can managers coordinate employees' activities?
Share organizational Charts with them
Why do all businesses need financial resources?
To pay operating expenses
Under what circumstances would a company adopt a matrix organizational structure
It frequently uses cross-functional teams
When managers are grouping related tasks into departments or teams, they are
Determining the organizational structure
A chain of command must have unity of command, which means that
Employees should only report to one supervisor
What is the main purpose of management?
To accomplish the business's goals
Why should managers know how to do the work of the workers they supervise?
To have realistic expectations for worker.
What must managers be able to do if they want employees to understand the business's goals and be productive?
Communicate Clearly
A manager who helps an employee count the money in a cash drawer and prepare a bank deposit is demonstrating
Technical Skills
A manager studies the business's previous sales statistics as well as the sales forecast before making purchasing decisions. What type of resource is the manager using?
Informaiton
A small-business manager who considers how a one-person reduction in office staff could impact the rest of his/her company is demonstrating
Conceptual Skills
A manager worked to streamline the production process and was able to save the company several thousands of dollars. This is an example of how organizing
Reduces waste and improves efficiency
Whenever clients arrive at the Skin Solutions Dermatology office, the receptionists struggle to find their records. Clients fill out multiple forms with the same information, and they wait a long time to be seen by a doctor. Skin Solutions is losing a lot of patients quickly. This is an example of how
Poor organizing damages a company's reputation
A manager evaluates the production output of a department by checking it against the production goals for that time period. This is an example of the ______________ function of management.
Controlling
Nick is the CEO of a business. The vice presidents of marketing, product development, finance, and operations all report to him, and they each have their own teams made up of several employees. This is a __________ structure.
Functional
Organizing can help companies handle issues with __________ so employees know to whom to report and who is responsible for what.
Authority
What management function is being described in the following situation: David Thomas, a top-level manager, identifies jobs to be performed, assigns responsibility for them, establishes departments to handle the jobs, and determines how many and which employees mid-level managers will supervise.
Organizing
Brianna works for a marketing agency, and she is skilled at graphic design. She spends all of her time creating graphics, rather than working on any other aspects of the marketing campaign. Brianna i
A specialized worker
Textronics, Inc. manufactures and sells its computer chips in six countries. It employs over 8,000 people worldwide. Which organizational structure makes the most sense for Textronics, Inc.?
Divisional
Which management function is described in the following situation: Christy Chen determines the type of workers she needs, locates qualified applicants, selects those to be hired, and assigns the new hires to a work area.
Staffing
Which management function is described in the following situation: James Crane has created a team atmosphere among the members of his sales department. When the team exceeded their monthly sales goal, James rewarded them with a celebratory dinner out and a five-percent bonus.
Directing