Basic elements of organizational structure

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1. Bill is a project manager at Herman Miller, in charge of developing a prototype chair for their existing ergonomic office chair product line. Together with his team, they have decided on the following project priorities:

Cost - Accept; Time - Constrain; Performance – Enhance Currently, the project is falling behind schedule. Based on the priorities, what action should Bill take?

A. Scale back the scope of the project in order to get back on schedule

B. Continue as is, but change the timeline of the project

C. Add more personnel and resources to the project

D. Go home and cry

2. Which of the following are not basic elements of organizational structure?

Chain of command, line authority Departmentalization, formalization Work specialization, span of control Centralization, decentralization

3. Which of the following measures is NOT used for individual performance evaluation?

A. Functional matrix

B. Balanced matrix

C. Project matrix

D. Individual Performance Matrix

4. There are two location alternatives: Atlanta and Baltimore. The most important factors are raw material supply, transportation costs, and labor costs at these two locations. The weights of these factors are 0.5, 0.4 and 0.1. And he scores with respect to these three factors were determined as 60, 80, and 70 for Atlanta; and 70, 50 and 90 for Baltimore. If the management has determined a minimum acceptable score of 75, they should:

a. build a plant in both cities.

b. choose Atlanta.

c. choose Baltimore.

d. be indifferent between these locations.

e. reject both locations.

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