Organizational Structure
Management Functions
Team and Group Dynamics
Organizational Design and Change
How Well Do You Know Mr. G?
100

This involves coordinating and allocating a firm's resources so that the firm can carry out its plans and achieve its goals.

  • A) Implementing
  • B) Organizing
  • C) Resource Planning
  • D) Controlling
  • B) Organizing
100

One of the primary goals of Burberry, a British retailer, is to expand its market. When the company allocated resources so that it could open two stores in Japan, it was engaged in this management function.

  • A) Implementing
  • B) Controlling
  • C) Organizing
  • D) Resource Planning
  • C) Organizing
100

The standards used to determine actions acceptable to the group are called this.

  • A) Norms
  • B) Mores
  • C) Controls
  • D) Rules
  • A) Norms
100

An organization chart shows these types of relationships among people, jobs, and departments.

  • A) Informal Relationships
  • B) Casual Relationships
  • C) Formal Relationships
  • D) Hierarchical Relationships

C) Formal Relationships

100

What is the name of Mr. G's Cat?

A. Junior

B. Sparky

C. Steve

D. Garfield

A. Junior

200

BONUS CHALLENGE
The process of dividing the work and assigning tasks to workers.

  • A) Task Division
  • B) Grouping of Workers
  • C) Division of Labor
  • D) Functional Division

C) Division of Labor

200

This term describes the process of grouping jobs together so that similar or associated tasks and activities can be coordinated.

  • A) Specialization
  • B) Departmentalization
  • C) Centralization
  • D) Task Design
  • B) Departmentalization
200

The degree to which group members want to stay in the group and tend to resist outside influences is called this.

  • A) Team Synergy
  • B) Group Norming
  • C) Group Cohesiveness
  • D) Group Custom
  • C) Group Cohesiveness
200

The purpose of this business strategy is to identify and abandon outdated rules and fundamental assumptions that guide current business operations.

  • A) Downsizing
  • B) Reengineering
  • C) Quality Improvement
  • D) Operational Control

B) Reengineering

200

Where did I do my student teaching?

A. Joel Barlow High School

B. Schaghticoke Middle School (New Milford)

C. John Read Middle School

D. Danbury High School

D. Danbury

300

A company that groups jobs under the authority of one manager for the purposes of planning, coordination, and control uses this management function.

  • A) Specialization
  • B) Centralization
  • C) Departmentalization
  • D) Standardization
  • C) Departmentalization
300

A supervisor engaged in this is grouping people, tasks, and resources into organizational units to facilitate the planning, leading, and control processes.

  • A) Standardization
  • B) Functionalization
  • C) Departmentalization
  • D) Task Integration
  • C) Departmentalization
300

Question Wager Thingy for Everyone!

Members of the night shift at a textile mill refuse to fill openings on the day shift even though most of the people who work at the plant feel day work is preferable to night work. This phenomenon can be explained by this.

  • A) Team Synergy
  • B) Organizational Philosophy
  • C) Group Cohesiveness
  • D) Group Custom
  • C) Group Cohesiveness
300

This type of organization is characterized by a relatively high degree of job specialization, rigid departmentalization, many layers of management, narrow spans of control, centralized decision making, and a long chain of command.

  • A) Organic Organization
  • B) Network Organization
  • C) Mechanistic Organization
  • D) Matrix Organization
  • C) Mechanistic Organization
300

How many Dunkin Donuts Points does Mr. G have right now?

A. 3250

B. 7590

C. 1500

D. 0

B. 7590
400

This type of organizational structure combines functional and product departmentalization.

  • A) Line Organization
  • B) Committee Structure
  • C) Matrix Structure
  • D) Staff Organization
  • C) Matrix Structure
400

This is a permanent organization structure that combines functional and product departmentalization.

  • A) Matrix Structure
  • B) Line-and-Staff Structure
  • C) Functional Structure
  • D) Network Structure

A) Matrix Structure

400

This term refers to groups of employees who share resources and coordinate efforts so as to help members better perform their individual duties and responsibilities.

  • A) Work Teams
  • B) Functional Groups
  • C) Project Committees
  • D) Work Groups
  • D) Work Groups
400

HELLO EXTRA 200 POINT CHALLENGE


This term describes a network of independent companies linked by information technology to share skills, costs, and access to one another's markets.

  • A) Virtual Corporation
  • B) Autonomous Corporation
  • C) Hierarchical Corporation
  • D) Network Corporation
  • A) Virtual Corporation
400

How many accidents has Mr. G been in?

A. 0

B. 1

C. 2

D. 3

D. 3

500

A structure in which authority and responsibility are held by a group of workers (typically free) rather than a single manager is called this.

  • A) Functional Structure
  • B) Committee Structure
  • C) Line Structure
  • D) Staff Structure
  • B) Committee Structure
500

This is the degree to which tasks are subdivided into smaller jobs.

  • A) Centralization
  • B) Task Breakdown
  • C) Specialization
  • D) Functionalization

C) Specialization

500

This type of team is made up of employees from about the same hierarchical level but different functional areas within the organization.

  • A) Cross-Functional Team
  • B) Horizontally-Organized Team
  • C) Vertically-Organized Team
  • D) Problem-Resolution Team
  • A) Cross-Functional Team
500

This type of organization has a relatively low degree of job specialization, loose departmentalization, few levels of management, wide spans of control, decentralized decision making, and a short chain of command.

  • A) Mechanistic Organization
  • B) Network Organization
  • C) Functional Organization
  • D) Organic Organization
  • D) Organic Organization
500

Which one of these actually happened?

a. When I was 4th grade, I got Locked in an Airplane bathroom for two hours

b. Had to get rescued by the fire department after climbing a tree

c. Accidentally using my friends EPI Pen on myself during lunch

d. On a six flags field trip, my phone flew out of my pocket during the ride, and hits a passenger. They refused to give it back and had to leave without it.

a. When I was 4th grade, I got Locked in an Airplane bathroom for two hours