When employees work in nonroutine and ambiguous situations formal hierarchy is the least time consuming coordinating mechanism?

An organization's structure is the same as its organizational chart.

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An organization's structure is the same as its organizational chart.
The two fundamental requirements of all organizational structures are divisionalization and decentralization.
Division of labor leads to increased job specialization.
When work is divided among people, a coordinating mechanism is needed to ensure that everyone works in concert.
Informal communication is a coordination mechanism only in small and a few medium-sized organizations.
Large organizations can encourage informal communication as a coordinating mechanism by keeping each production site small.
Integrator roles increase informal communication as a coordinating mechanism.
Temporary cross-functional teams can be used to encourage informal communication as a coordinating mechanism.
When employees work in non-routine and ambiguous situations, formal hierarchy is the least time-consuming coordinating mechanism.
Job descriptions help improve quality and consistency of a product or service by standardizing work activities.
Standardizing processes is less effective for nonroutine and complex work than for routine or simple work.
When work activities are too complex to standardize through extensive training for employees, companies need to coordinate work effort through precise job descriptions.
When a manager has many direct reports, a narrow span of control exists.
When employees perform highly interdependent work, generally a narrow span of control is necessary.
The span of control is interconnected with organizational size and the number of layers in the hierarchy.
Tall hierarchies encourage employee empowerment and engagement because they focus power around employees rather than managers.
The number of layers in an organization's hierarchy depends on the number of people employed and the average span of control.
Most organizations begin with centralized structures and become more decentralized as they grow larger and divide work into more specialized functions.
Companies can be centralized in some parts of the organization and decentralized in other parts.
Organizations tend to become less formalized as they age and grow larger in terms of the number of employees.
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What does coordination through formal hierarchy rely on?
What are the two main technological contingencies?
When a manager has many direct reports a narrow span of control exists?

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The two fundamental requirements of all organizational structures are divisionalization and decentralization.

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Division of labor leads to increased job specialization.

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When work is divided among people, a coordinating mechanism is needed to ensure that everyone works in concert.

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Informal communication is a coordination mechanism only in small and a few medium-sized organizations.

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Large organizations can encourage informal communication as a coordinating mechanism by keeping each production site small.

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Integrator roles increase informal communication as a coordinating mechanism.

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Temporary cross-functional teams can be used to encourage informal communication as a coordinating mechanism.

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When employees work in non-routine and ambiguous situations, formal hierarchy is the least time-consuming coordinating mechanism.

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Job descriptions help improve quality and consistency of a product or service by standardizing work activities.

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Standardizing processes is less effective for nonroutine and complex work than for routine or simple work.

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When work activities are too complex to standardize through extensive training for employees, companies need to coordinate work effort through precise job descriptions.

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When a manager has many direct reports, a narrow span of control exists.

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When employees perform highly interdependent work, generally a narrow span of control is necessary.

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The span of control is interconnected with organizational size and the number of layers in the hierarchy.

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Tall hierarchies encourage employee empowerment and engagement because they focus power around employees rather than managers.

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The number of layers in an organization's hierarchy depends on the number of people employed and the average span of control.

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Most organizations begin with centralized structures and become more decentralized as they grow larger and divide work into more specialized functions.

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Companies can be centralized in some parts of the organization and decentralized in other parts.

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Organizations tend to become less formalized as they age and grow larger in terms of the number of employees.

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1.All organizational structures have the following two fundamental requirements:  

A. flatter span of control and decentralization

B. division of labour and coordination

C. decentralization and divisionalization

D. coordination and decentralization

E. centralization and outsourcing

2.Dividing work into more specialized jobs tends to:  

A. increase training costs.

B. reduce work efficiency.

C. reduce the opportunity to match people with appropriate jobs.

D. do all of these things.

E. do none of these things.

3.To increase work efficiency and make it easier to match employee competencies with job requirements,

companies tend to:  

A. divide work into more specialized jobs.

B. rely on formal hierarchy as a coordinating mechanism.

C. rely on a narrow span of control.

D. centralize decision making.

E. rely on formal hierarchy AND a narrow span of control.

4.Coordination of work activities is required:  

A. whenever there is division of labour.

B. only in team-based organizations.

C. whenever the organization has more than approximately 100 employees.

D. only when organizations operate in complex environments.

E. never; coordination of work activities is not found in organizations.

5.All organizations have:  

A. a formal hierarchy that includes supervisors and non-supervisory employees.

B. a divisionalized structure.

C. some form of coordinating mechanism.

D. a mechanistic structure.

E. formal team-based structures

6.When people divide work among themselves, they need to:  

A. centralize.

B. decentralize.

C. form a team-based organizational structure.

D. rely increasingly on a simple structure.

E. rely on one or more coordinating mechanisms.

7.Which of the following is a coordinating mechanism?  

A. Standardization

B. Formal hierarchy

C. Informal communication

D. All of these are coordinating mechanisms.

E. None of these is a coordinating mechanism.