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CHAPTER 19 TEST BANK
Chapter 19. Organization Design and Culture
1. Give five examples of the elements of a business’s organization design. Hint: a couple examples are organizational units and
2. List and briefly explain the six fundamental attributes of organizational structure.
3. The book describes five types of organizational structure plus the matrix structure. List three of those five types, and define the matrix structure. For extra credit, describe one benefit and one disadvantage of the matrix structure.
4. The reason that strategic planners pay attention to different types of organizational structure is that some are better suited to particular strategies. For instance, organizations operating in less frenetic, more stable environments can afford to deploy more hierarchical structures, narrower spans of control, more centralized decision making, and more formalized job descriptions. When job tasks are not changing often, employees can be asked to follow prescribed work rules with little deviation. Choose two other types of structure and describe the strategies they are best matched with.
5. How would you determine if the culture of the organization was compromising the implementation of its strategies?
6. Where are some places within an organization you can look to find evidence of its culture?
7. Describe the ideal culture for the following types of organization:
8. Suggest five generic steps an organization could take to try to modify its culture.
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