Tutorial

Topic : ORGANIZING and MANAGING TEAM

Date : 18/01/2022

LEARNING OUTCOMES

1. Describe five forms of departmentalization.

2. Explain the good and bad of using teams.
3. Discuss speacial kinds of teams

PART A

1. Organizational structures have been created by departmentalizing work according to five

methods. Discuss the five methods with their advantages and disadvantages.
2. Discuss the good and bad of teams.
3. Companies are also increasingly using several other kinds of teams that can’t easily be
categorized in terms of autonomy: cross-functional teams, virtual teams, and project teams.
Discuss them.

PART B

1. Organizational design is a process that involves decisions about ________.

a) centralization and differentiation

b) departmentalization and diversification

c) chain of command and span of control

d) work specialization and cost-leadership

2. The process of dividing work activities into separate job tasks is known as ________.

a) differentiation

b) chain of command

c) span of control

d) work specialization
3. Which of the following statements accurately defines work specialization?

a) Individual employees specialize in doing part of an activity rather than the entire activity.

b) It is the basis of grouping jobs together.

c) It is the line of authority extending from upper organizational levels to the lower levels.

d) It clarifies who reports to whom.

4. The process of grouping jobs together is known as ___________.

a) decentralization

b) departmentalization

c) formalization

d) centralization