1. Which of the following statements is true of span of control?
A. It usually becomes a narrow span of control when many people report directly to a manager.
B. A wider span of control is necessary where employees perform highly interdependent work with others.
C. It is affected by the degree of interdependence among employees within the team.
D. It remains unaffected by the organizational size and the number of layers in the organizational hierarchy.
E. A wider span of control is possible when employees perform nonroutine jobs.
2. Larger organizations:
A. make greater use of standardization than do smaller firms.
B. have similar structures to smaller organizations.
C. make less use of informal communication as a coordinating mechanism.
D. are never decentralized.
E. operate without any form of departmentalization for long periods of time.
3. Which of the following statements is true of integrators ?
A. They have the highest authority in the coordination process.
B. They rely on persuasion and commitment in the coordination process.
C. They encourage formal communication methods to coordination rather than informal forms of communication.
D. They are usually avoided when coordination is required among several working units.
E. They usually discourage people from sharing information while coordinating work tasks.