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Many restructuring efforts are designed to remove one or more organizational layers to reduce costs.

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B) False

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Question 52

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Which of the following statements about a low-cost producer strategy is true?

A) They believe that people will pay more for a product that is unique in some way.
B) They rely on selling products at the lowest possible cost.
C) They often hinge on adjusting to changing environments quickly.
D) Such companies are more likely to take an organic approach to organizational design.
E) They focus on supplying high quality differentiated products to customers.

F) B) and C)
G) A) and E)

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Restructuring efforts typically enhance employees' trust in the organization.

Ross and Tony,father and son,opened a large boutique named Tradus in Chicago.The father and son,being the owners of the business concern,decide about the important matters and all the rest of the functions like product,finance,marketing,and personnel are carried out by the department heads who have to act as per the instruction and orders of both of them.Which of the following is true about Tradus?

Organizations which do not proactively develop designs may be forced to change their structure to become more effective.

Companies that have limited customers with varied needs and tastes must develop client structures to organize their business.

The degree to which tasks in an organization are divided into separate jobs refers to:

A _____ structure is a flat organization with one person as the central decision-making figure.

The matrix structure gives each employee _____ chain(s) of command.

Henry Ford was a strong believer in work specialization.

Which of the following refers to the degree to which rules and procedures are used to standardize behaviors and decisions in an organization?

Which of the following is true about work specialization?

Briefly describe the factors that influence the process of organizational design.

Which of the following is one of the biggest factors of an environment's effect on structure that allows organizations to focus on efficiency?

The method by which an organization transforms its inputs into outputs refers to its:

Scenario: Extreme Rug Tom is the project manager of the corporate structure team at Extreme Rugs.Tom's team has been assigned the task to study and evaluate Extreme Rugs' organizational structure.To collect the preliminary information,Tom divided the tasks among the team members to collect information on different elements of Extreme Rugs' structure.Jeremy was asked to collect information on the degree to which tasks are divided into separate jobs.Joy was asked to collect information on formal authority relationships,Alice started looking into how many employees each manager has responsibility for,and Kathy was asked to collect evidence on the degree to which rules and procedures are used to standardize behaviors at Extreme Rugs.Tom decided to collect information and evidence on where exactly decisions are formally made at Extreme Rugs.The team decided to meet with information in two weeks.

High levels of specialization are more acceptable in smaller firms in which employees must be more flexible in their job duties.

_____ structures are perhaps the most common form of organizational design.

Which of the following structures generally develop from companies with functional structures whose interests and goals become too diverse for that structure to handle?

_____ organizations are flexible,adaptive,outward-focused organizations that thrive in dynamic environments.