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Business A Changing World 9Th Edition Ferrell Test Bank Full Chapter PDF
Business A Changing World 9Th Edition Ferrell Test Bank Full Chapter PDF
Business A Changing World 9Th Edition Ferrell Test Bank Full Chapter PDF
True False
True False
3. An organization's structure develops as managers assign tasks to work groups and specific
individuals and coordinate the diverse activities required to attain organizational objectives.
True False
True False
5. The more complex organizations become, the more they need to develop formal structures to
function efficiently.
True False
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A. Values
B. Beliefs
C. Role models
D. Religion
E. Traditions
A. Ceremonies
B. Code of ethics
C. Mission statement
D. Manuals
8. Dress codes, work habits, extracurricular activities, and stories are informal expressions of an
organization's
A. grapevine.
B. lack of organization.
C. informality.
D. culture.
E. formality.
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9. Organizational structure is defined as
10. When managers assign work activities to groups and individuals and coordinate the diverse
activities required to attain organizational objectives, they contribute to the development of
organizational
A. structure.
B. informality.
C. spontaneity.
D. growth.
E. accountability.
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12. Which of the following requires an increasing degree of organizing within an organization?
A. Profits
B. Sales
C. Growth
D. Decline
E. Aging
A. excessive profits.
E. happy customers.
14. An organization's shared values, beliefs, traditions, philosophies, rules, and role models for
behavior represent its
A. formal organization.
B. information system.
C. organizational culture.
D. grapevine.
E. organizational manual.
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15. What is organizational culture and how is it expressed?
17. The rationalization for specialization is that people can perform several tasks more efficiently
than just one.
True False
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18. Departmentalization is the division of labor into small, specialized tasks and the assignment
of single tasks to employees.
True False
19. An advantage of functional departmentalization is that managers need only the skills that
apply to their department's function.
True False
20. Disadvantages of product departmentalization are that it duplicates functions and does not
focus on the organization's overall objectives.
True False
21. Product departmentalization allows the coordination of all activities related to a product or
product group and simplifies decision-making.
True False
A. it is more efficient.
E. it improves quality.
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23. The benefits of division of labor were described in The Wealth of Nations by
A. Henry Ford.
B. John Adams.
C. Adam Smith.
D. Cyrus McCormick.
E. Sam Walton.
A. departmentalization.
B. specialization.
C. generalization.
D. registration.
E. delegation.
25. Many experts believe people can perform most efficiently if they master just one task rather
than all tasks. A famous book that supports this point was published in 1776 and is titled
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26. Small businesses commonly employ
A. line departmentalization.
B. customer departmentalization.
C. functional departmentalization.
D. product departmentalization.
E. geographical departmentalization.
A. function.
B. product.
C. geographic region.
D. customer.
E. line.
28. A company that has departments for marketing, finance, personnel, and production is
organized by
A. product.
B. function.
C. territory.
D. customer.
E. geographic region.
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29. If the type of departmentalization used by an organization tends to emphasize departmental
units rather than the organization as a whole and decision making is slow, then these would
be weaknesses indicative of _______ departmentalization.
A. territorial
B. functional
C. product
D. customer
E. process
30. _____ departmentalization arranges jobs around the needs of various types of customers.
A. Product
B. Functional
C. Geographical
D. Customer
E. Matrix
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31. What are some of the advantages of specialization? What are some of its disadvantages?
32. What are the different means of organizational departmentalization? Be sure to give an
illustrative example of each.
33. Accountability is the obligation employees have to carry out assigned tasks.
True False
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34. In decentralized organizations, lower-level managers have a good understanding of their
external environment and need to react quickly to it.
True False
35. A wide span of management is best when a manager and subordinates are not in close
proximity.
True False
True False
True False
38. Which of the following concepts frees a manager to attend to matters that he or she is
especially qualified to deal with?
A. Delegation of authority
B. Responsibility
C. Accountability
D. Knowledge
E. Education
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39. If Juan's manager gives him an assignment without providing Juan with the resources to
complete the assignment, Juan's manager is exhibiting improper
A. accountability.
B. organizational culture.
C. delegation of authority.
D. customer departmentalization.
E. centralization.
40. Joe is a copywriter in his company's marketing department. The copy for an ad placed in Time
magazine for his company spelled the company's name wrong. Who is ultimately responsible
for the mistake?
A. The copywriter
C. Time magazine
D. The customer
41. When the decisions of a company are very risky and low-level managers lack decision-
making skills, the company will tend to
A. decentralize.
B. delegate.
C. centralize.
D. organize.
E. specialize.
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42. An organization operating in a complex and unpredictable environment is likely to be _______
in order to improve responsiveness and enhance creativity.
A. highly centralized
B. decentralized
C. informal
D. formal
E. very productive
43. One of the things to consider when determining the appropriate span of management is
44. When superiors and subordinates are not in close proximity and the manager has many
responsibilities in addition to supervision, the appropriate span of management would be
A. big.
B. wide.
C. narrow.
D. flat.
E. circular.
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45. Companies that have flat organizations tend also to have
Essay Questions
46. What is a span of management? What are the differences between organizations with wide
versus narrow spans of management?
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47. Define delegation of authority and show its relationship to responsibility.
48. Line structure is based on direct lines of authority from the top executive to the lowest level
of employee.
True False
49. The line-and-staff structure divides general managing duties into functional areas, each with
a separate supervisor.
True False
50. In a line-and-staff structure, staff managers do not have direct authority over line managers.
True False
51. Matrix structures are often complex and expensive, and can lead to confusion regarding who
has the ultimate authority.
True False
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52. Multidivisional structures are not good at allowing for delegation of authority, and therefore
do not allow divisional and departmental managers a chance to specialize.
True False
53. Which of the following is not a basis for organizing using a multidivisional structure?
A. Geography
B. Project
C. Product
D. Customer
E. Function
54. An organizational form that is based on direct lines of authority from the top executive to the
lowest level of employees is called
A. line structure.
B. functional structure.
C. line-and-staff structure.
D. matrix structure.
E. a committee.
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55. An advantage of line structure in organizations is
57. Which of the following organizational forms allows managers to take responsibility for the
areas in which they specialize?
A. Line structure
B. Functional structure
C. Line-and-staff structure
D. Matrix structure
E. A committee
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58. Multidivisional structures
A. are temporary.
B. organize departments into larger divisions, often based on geography, product, and/or
customer.
59. Which of the following organizational forms is also called a project management structure?
A. Bureaucratic structure
B. Line structure
C. Multidivisional structure
D. Matrix structure
E. Line-and-staff structure
60. Which of the following organizational forms is most likely to be complex and expensive?
A. Line structure
B. Functional structure
C. Line-and-staff structure
D. Matrix structure
E. Committee
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61. What are the benefits and drawbacks of using a matrix structure to organize?
62. What is the difference between line structure and line-and-staff structure?
63. Regardless of how a business is organized, most of the essential work of business occurs in
individual work groups and teams.
True False
64. All groups are teams, but not all teams are groups.
True False
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65. Teams can create more solutions for solving problems than individuals.
True False
66. Product-development teams are a special type of task force formed to devise, design, and
implement a new product.
True False
67. Quality assurance teams are groups of employees brought together to solve specific quality,
productivity, or service problems.
True False
68. Which of the following is formed to address specific quality, service, or productivity
problems?
B. Product-development team
C. Work group
D. Quality-assurance team
E. Task force
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69. Which of the following is a temporary group of employees, usually chosen for their expertise,
responsible for bringing out a specific change?
B. Product-development team
C. Work group
D. Quality-assurance team
E. Task force
71. Teams
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72. A permanent, formal group that performs a specific task is a
A. task force.
B. product-development team.
C. project team.
D. committee.
73. A temporary group of employees responsible for bringing about a particular change is a
A. task force.
B. product-development team.
C. project team.
D. committee.
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75. A special type of project team formed to devise, design, and implement a new product is a
A. product-development team.
B. committee.
C. task force.
D. coalition.
E. quality-assurance team.
Essay Questions
77. Horizontal communication involves the traditional flow of information from upper
organizational levels downward.
True False
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78. Downward communication typically involves directions, the assignment of tasks and
responsibilities, performance feedback, and certain details about the organization's strategies
and goals.
True False
79. The most significant informal communication occurs while playing golf.
True False
True False
81. When individuals from different units and organizational levels communicate, it is diagonal
communication.
True False
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82. Diagonal communication
A. is the traditional flow of communication from higher to lower levels of the organization.
B. occurs when individuals from different units and departments within an organization
communicate.
83. The increased use of electronic communication in the workplace has caused many
organizations to implement all but which of the following?
C. Most companies simply let employees do what they want on the Internet
A. Leaflets
B. Telecommunications
C. Job descriptions
D. Grievances
E. The grapevine
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85. Which of the following is not typically part of downward communication?
A. Performance feedback
B. Assignment of tasks
D. Gossip
E. Directions
A. The traditional flow of communication from higher to lower levels of the organization
C. complaints.
D. status reports.
E. policy questions.
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88. Upward communication conveys
A. orders.
B. explanation of decisions.
A. eliminate it.
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Multiple Choice Questions
91. What did Quest Star do, structurally, to help it become more competitive with Japanese
firms?
92. Why are upper level managers facing frustration and increased stress as Quest Star
transitions to a new organizational structure?
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93. What techniques or skills should Quest Star employees have to assume a leadership role
within a work group?
94. If each Quest Star work group has a team representative, what problems will be faced in
supervising these representatives?
95. Evaluate the pros and cons of the system developed by Quest Star.
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Chapter 07 Organization, Teamwork, and Communication Answer Key
FALSE
Examples of informal expressions of culture include dress codes (or the lack thereof),
work habits, extracurricular activities, and stories.
AACSB: Communication
Blooms: Remember
Learning Objective: 07-01 Define organizational structure; and relate how organizational structures develop.
Level of Difficulty: 1 Easy
Topic: Organizational Culture
FALSE
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3. An organization's structure develops as managers assign tasks to work groups and
specific individuals and coordinate the diverse activities required to attain organizational
objectives.
TRUE
TRUE
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5. The more complex organizations become, the more they need to develop formal structures
to function efficiently.
TRUE
With more people and greater specialization, the organization needs to develop a formal
structure to function efficiently.
A. Values
B. Beliefs
C. Role models
D. Religion
E. Traditions
Organizational culture is a firm's shared values, beliefs, traditions, philosophies, rules, and
role models for behavior.
AACSB: Diversity
Blooms: Understand
Learning Objective: 07-01 Define organizational structure; and relate how organizational structures develop.
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Level of Difficulty: 1 Easy
Topic: Organizational Culture
A. Ceremonies
B. Code of ethics
C. Mission statement
D. Manuals
A firm's culture may be expressed formally through its mission statement, codes of ethics,
memos, manuals, and ceremonies, but it is more commonly expressed informally.
AACSB: Diversity
Blooms: Understand
Learning Objective: 07-01 Define organizational structure; and relate how organizational structures develop.
Level of Difficulty: 1 Easy
Topic: Organizational Culture
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8. Dress codes, work habits, extracurricular activities, and stories are informal expressions of
an organization's
A. grapevine.
B. lack of organization.
C. informality.
D. culture.
E. formality.
Examples of informal expressions of culture include dress codes (or the lack thereof),
work habits, extracurricular activities, and stories.
AACSB: Diversity
Blooms: Understand
Learning Objective: 07-01 Define organizational structure; and relate how organizational structures develop.
Level of Difficulty: 2 Medium
Topic: Organizational Culture
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Topic: Developing Organizational Structure
10. When managers assign work activities to groups and individuals and coordinate the
diverse activities required to attain organizational objectives, they contribute to the
development of organizational
A. structure.
B. informality.
C. spontaneity.
D. growth.
E. accountability.
An organization's structure develops when managers assign work tasks and activities to
specific individuals or work groups and coordinate the diverse activities required to reach
the firm's objectives.
AACSB: Communication
Blooms: Remember
Learning Objective: 07-01 Define organizational structure; and relate how organizational structures develop.
Level of Difficulty: 2 Medium
Topic: Developing Organizational Structure
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11. A department store's organizational structure defines the relationships between
All the people occupying positions in the department store must work together to achieve
the store's objectives. The ways that they work together are defined by the store's
organizational structure.
AACSB: Communication
Blooms: Apply
Learning Objective: 07-01 Define organizational structure; and relate how organizational structures develop.
Level of Difficulty: 2 Medium
Topic: Developing Organizational Structure
12. Which of the following requires an increasing degree of organizing within an organization?
A. Profits
B. Sales
C. Growth
D. Decline
E. Aging
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Topic: Developing Organizational Structure
A. excessive profits.
E. happy customers.
Organizational cultures that lack positive values may result in unproductive and inefficient
employees, whose poor attitudes will be reflected externally to customers.
14. An organization's shared values, beliefs, traditions, philosophies, rules, and role models for
behavior represent its
A. formal organization.
B. information system.
C. organizational culture.
D. grapevine.
E. organizational manual.
A firm's organizational culture is its shared values, beliefs, traditions, philosophies, rules,
and role models for behavior.
AACSB: Diversity
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Blooms: Remember
Learning Objective: 07-01 Define organizational structure; and relate how organizational structures develop.
Level of Difficulty: 1 Easy
Topic: Organizational Culture
Essay Questions
Organizational culture is a firm's shared values, beliefs, traditions, philosophies, rules, and
role models for behavior. It can be expressed formally through an organization's mission
statement, codes of ethics, memos, manuals, and ceremonies, but it is more commonly
expressed informally. Examples of informal expressions of culture include dress codes (or
the lack thereof), work habits, extracurricular activities, and stories. Employees often learn
the accepted standards through discussions with co-workers.
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16. What is organizational structure? How does it develop?
17. The rationalization for specialization is that people can perform several tasks more
efficiently than just one.
FALSE
The rationale for specialization is efficiency; people can perform more efficiently if they
master just one task rather than all the tasks.
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18. Departmentalization is the division of labor into small, specialized tasks and the
assignment of single tasks to employees.
FALSE
Departmentalization is the grouping of jobs into working units usually called departments,
units, groups, or divisions.
19. An advantage of functional departmentalization is that managers need only the skills that
apply to their department's function.
TRUE
Each of these functions is managed by an expert in the work done by the department—an
engineer supervises the production department; a financial executive supervises the
finance department, etc.
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20. Disadvantages of product departmentalization are that it duplicates functions and does
not focus on the organization's overall objectives.
TRUE
Organizing by products duplicates functions and resources and emphasizes the product
rather than achievement of the organization's overall objectives.
21. Product departmentalization allows the coordination of all activities related to a product or
product group and simplifies decision-making.
TRUE
Product departmentalization organizes jobs around the products of the firm, simplifies
decision making, and helps coordinate all activities related to a product or product group.
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22. The rationale for job specialization is that
A. it is more efficient.
E. it improves quality.
23. The benefits of division of labor were described in The Wealth of Nations by
A. Henry Ford.
B. John Adams.
C. Adam Smith.
D. Cyrus McCormick.
E. Sam Walton.
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24. Adam Smith illustrated improvements in efficiency through the application of
A. departmentalization.
B. specialization.
C. generalization.
D. registration.
E. delegation.
25. Many experts believe people can perform most efficiently if they master just one task
rather than all tasks. A famous book that supports this point was published in 1776 and is
titled
Adam Smith wrote The Wealth of Nations to demonstrate specialization, the idea that
people can perform most efficiently if they master just one task rather than all tasks.
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Level of Difficulty: 2 Medium
Topic: Assigning Tasks
A. line departmentalization.
B. customer departmentalization.
C. functional departmentalization.
D. product departmentalization.
E. geographical departmentalization.
A. function.
B. product.
C. geographic region.
D. customer.
E. line.
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Level of Difficulty: 2 Medium
Topic: Assigning Tasks
28. A company that has departments for marketing, finance, personnel, and production is
organized by
A. product.
B. function.
C. territory.
D. customer.
E. geographic region.
Functional departmentalization groups jobs that perform similar functional activities, such
as finance, manufacturing, marketing, and human resources.
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