Chapters 5 6 Jeopardy Template

Tall Organizations	Hierarchy	Functional Structures	Vocabulary
100 A tall organization is one that has more hierarchical levels and managers within the business that control employees activities. What is a tall organization?	100 Level of horizontal differentiation, level of standardization, level of decentralization and relationships between organized members. What affects the shape of a hierarchy?	100 It is a design structure that groups people into shortage functions or departments because they share common skills and expertise. What is a functional structure?	100 Flat organization An organization that has few levels in its hierarchy relative to its size.
200 No, typically as the organization's employees exceed 10,000 the amount of levels stays the same. Does an organization continue to introduce new levels within its structure as the business increases in size?	200 Pyramid and Bloated structure What are the two types of managerial hierarchies?	200 Increasing vertical differentiation, increasing horizontal differentiation and increasing integration. The move to a more complex design structure is based on what three design choices?	200 Role ambiguity The uncertainty that occurs for a person whose tasks or authority are not clearly defined.
300 Level of horizontal differentiation, level of standardization, level of decentralization and relationships between organized members. What affects the shape of a hierarchy?	300 6 How many principles are there within the principles of bureaucracy?	300 Self-managed teams are formal work groups consisting of people who are jointly responsible for ensuring that the team accomplishes its goals and who are empowered to lead themselves. What are self-managed teams?	300 Role conflict The state of opposition that occurs when two or more people have different views of what another person should do, and as a result, make conflicting demands on the person.
400 Less communication, less motivation, more costly. What are some disadvantages of tall organizations?	400 The number of subordinates a manager directly manages. What is the span of control?	400 The price at which one division sells a product or information about innovations to another division. What does transfer price mean?	400 Self - managed teams Work groups consisting of people who are jointly responsible for ensuring that the team accomplishes its goals and who are empowered to lead themselves.
500 Tall structure, because a high level of direct control and personal supervision over subordinates is needed. What kind of structure should be chosen for a nuclear power plant?	500 Workers who are employed for temporary periods by an organization and who receive no indirect benefits such as health insurance pensions. What are contingent workers?	500 Employees report to two superiors, the product team manager and the functional manager. What is the defining feature of a matrix structure?	500 Product structure A divisional structure in which products are grouped into separate divisions according to their similarities or differences.

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