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Ch10:: Fundamentals of Organizing True/False 1. Maxine Clark’s current challenge is to manage growth by continually adapting and redesigning Buil-A-Bear to best meet its new global opportunities. Ans: True Response: Page 234 Difficulty: Easy Ref: Learning From Others AACSB: Strategy Bloom's Taxonomy: Knowledge 2. Empowerment is letting others make decisions and exercise discretion in their work. Ans: True Response: Page 235 Difficulty: Easy Ref: Learning About Yourself AACSB: Leadership Principles Bloom's Taxonomy: Knowledge 3. Allowing others make decisions and exercise discretion in their work define empowerment. Ans: True Response: Page 235 Difficulty: Easy Ref: Learning …show more content…

The purpose of an organization structure is to divide up and coordinate resources and tasks in order to achieve performance success. Ans: True Response: Page 237 Difficulty: Easy Ref: Organizing as a Management Function AACSB: HRM Bloom's Taxonomy: Knowledge 16. The primary purpose of an organization structure is to design job titles for different workers and to assign daily work tasks to them. Ans: False Response: Page 237 Difficulty: Moderate Ref: Organizing as a Management Function AACSB: HRM Bloom's Taxonomy: Comprehension 17. An organization chart shows positions and job titles, lines of authority, and formal communication channels for a company. Ans: True Response: Page 237 Difficulty: Easy Ref: Organizing as a Management Function AACSB: HRM Bloom's Taxonomy: Knowledge 18. The formal structure of the organization represents the way the organization is intended to function in terms of division of work, supervisory relationships, communication channels, major subunits, and levels of management. Ans: True Response: Page 237 Difficulty: Easy Ref: Organizing as a Management Function AACSB: HRM Bloom's Taxonomy: Knowledge 19. The informal structure is a “shadow’ organization made up of the unofficial, but often critical, working relationships between organizational members. Ans: True Response: Page 237 Difficulty: Easy Ref: Organizing as a Management Function

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