Q1 - describe the ways managers use boundary-spanning roles

Question

Q1. - Describe the ways managers use boundary-spanning roles and why they use them. (300 word minimum).

Q2. - Define organizational culture, including what makes up its composition. Where does it come from?  (300 word minimum).

Question 1 - One way organizations can keep their hierarchy flat is to:

A. Decrease the span of control.

B. Increase the number of levels of management.

C. Decentralize authority.

D. Enlarge jobs.

E. Decrease autonomy.

Question 2 __________ technologies are characterized by __________ task variety and __________ task analyzability.

A. Routine; low; high

B. Routine; high; low

C. No routine; high; high

D. No routine; low; low

Question 3 ______________ manufacturing aims at reducing the time required to set up production equipment.

A. Process

B. Fixed-position

C. Facilities

D. Product

E. Flexible

Question 4 - The way in which machines, robots, and people are grouped together affects how ___________ they can be.

A. Futuristic

B. Productive

C. Complex

D. high-tech

Question 5 - A counselor who works with the families of teenagers who are drug-dependent has ________________ than a worker who washes the left side of automobiles as they come through a car wash service.

A. lower task significance

B. less autonomy

C. less skill variety

D. less task identity

E. higher task significance

Question 6 - In which type of organizational design are employees correctly referred to as "two-boss employees?"

A. Product structure

B. Matrix structure

C. Geographic structure

D. Functional structure

E. Divisional structure

Question 7 - In general, the more stable the organization's environment, the __________ complex its strategy; the less skilled its workforce, the __________ likely that the organization will use a formal organizational structure.

A. more; more

B. more; less

C. less; more

D. less; less

Question 8 - The process by which managers design the working relationship among the workers of the organization is known as _______________.

A. planning

B. leading

C. organizing

D. controlling

E. the span of control

Question 9 - Which is NOT an integrating mechanism that organizations can use to increase coordination?

A. Direct contact

B. Liaisons

C. Task forces

D. Ombudsmen

E. Cross-functional teams

Question 10 - Incremental product development is likely to occur when:

A. Existing technologies are perfected.

B. New technologies are invented.

C. Technology revolutions occur.

D. Stable environments exist.

E. Industries decline.

Answer 1

Write the answer of the following questions according to the given guidelines: Question 1: Explain the ways managers make use of boundary-spanning roles and reason why they utilize them. The question must be answered in a minimum of 300 words all along with APA (Times New Roman) font. Question 2: Define the term organizational culture, comprising what makes up its composition. As well where does it come from? The question must be answered in a minimum of 300 words all along with APA (Times New Roman) font.