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1. Ideally, the people making the decisions at a company should be those who   

A) have the greatest authority.

B) are most affected by the issue.

C) control daily operations.

D) have been delegated that responsibility.

E) supervise the most employees.

2. Scenario A. Everyday Fashions Corp. is a clothing manufacturer. It has marketing, production, and finance departments, with a manager who heads each of the departments. Beatrice, the CEO, distributes the various organizational tasks to each manager by assigning authority and responsibility. Each manager has ten subordinates who are required to report to him or her. Each department works on its set of tasks in the organization. Beatrice is the top manager, followed by the department heads, and lastly the supervisors. All the managers are accountable to Beatrice alone.

Each unit performs its specific set of tasks in Everyday Fashions Corp. This is an example of

A) formalization.

B) differentiation.

C) span of control.

D) delegation.

E) concentration.

4. Scenario C: Tidewater, Inc., requires its job applicants to take a test that measures their vocabulary and numerical skills. For specific jobs, the company also requires its applicants to perform a sample of the job. Before implementing the tests, the management analyzes how well the test actually correlates and predicts job performance. When Tidewater needed to downsize, the company helped employees who were laid off to get placed in other organizations, and immediate supervisors talked to the employees about the reasons for their dismissal.

The company helped employees get placed in other organizations after being laid off. This is an example of

A) expatriation.

B) vertical integration.

C) benchmarking.

D) outsourcing.

E) outplacement.