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1. When a manager has an expectation that an employee will perform a particular job, as well as the right to take corrective action if the employee does not do so, ________ exists.
A) coordination
B) accountability
C) authority
D) delegation
E) responsibility
Scenario C. Darrell is a clothier whose company, 24-7 Activewear, has separate product lines for men, women, and children. He has group his organization into different departments such as production, marketing, and finance. Most of the employees report to two managers—a departmental head and a divisional head. Darrell encourages lower-level managers to make important decisions in order to promote quick and effective decision making.
From Scenario C, it can be inferred that 24-7 Activewear uses 22)
A) centralized decision making.
B) a wide span of control.
C) the principle of unity of command.
D) decentralized decision making.
E) a narrow span of control.
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.
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.
A form of organization that is similar to Max Weber's description of a bureaucracy is a(n) ________ organization.
A) organic
B) matrix
C) mechanistic
D) decentralized
E) specialized