1. A company's informal structure is represented primarily by the organizational chart.
True
False
2. Division of labor is the assignment of various portions of a particular task among a number of organization members.
True
False
3. Perhaps the best-known contributor to span of management literature was made by Graicunas.
True
False
4. Unity of command is the management principle that states there should be only one president or CEO for an organization.
True
False
5. What was Graicunas' main contribution to the fundamentals of organizing?
his consideration of number of subordinates, potential relationships, and actual relationships
he pointed out that span of management is an important and far-reaching consideration for the organization
his formula describing the relationship between number of subordinates and potential relationships
he pointed out the relationship between number of subordinates, actual relationships, potential relationships, and outside relationships
none of the above
6. The central concern of span of management is to:
improve employee effectiveness
improve profit
downsize employees to save money
determine how many individuals a manager can supervise effectively
design jobs to be efficient
7. One of Henri Fayol's guidelines for organizing resources is to avoid red tape, regulations, and paperwork.
True
False
8. If a publisher has college, high school, and elementary school markets for its products, customer departmentalization would most likely be effective.
True
False
9. The essence of division of labor is:
that individuals do the entire task
teamwork
coordination
span of management
that individuals specialize in doing part of a task rather than the entire task
10. After a manager has divided major tasks into subtasks, the next step is to allocate resources for those subtasks.
True
False