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One of the most difficult challenges when merging two global companies is uniting the two company's organizational cultures.

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Which of the following is a drawback associated with committee organizations?


A) When a committee makes decisions, it's easier to hold individuals accountable.
B) Committees coordinate tasks easier than individual managers do.
C) Committees usually bring diverse viewpoints to a problem.
D) People with higher formal authority sometimes dominate committees.

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Since Ibrahim Anguell has six subordinates reporting to him,his span of control is six.

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An advertising agency that has separate departments for artwork,creative design,print advertising,radio advertising,television advertising,and specialty advertising is using which of the following types of departmentalization?


A) customer
B) functional
C) size
D) geographic

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Which of the following are groups of employees who not only coordinate their efforts but also collaborate their efforts by pooling their knowledge,skills,abilities,and resources in a collective effort to gain synergy?


A) work teams
B) functional groups
C) work groups
D) project committees

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Which of the following is a network of independent companies linked by information technology to share skills,costs,and access to one another's markets?


A) an opportunistic corporation
B) an autonomous corporation
C) a hierarchical corporation
D) a virtual corporation

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The virtual corporation is one way that organizations can transform information technology into a competitive advantage.

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A mechanistic organization has which of the following characteristics?


A) low job specialization
B) a short chain of command
C) few levels of management
D) centralized decision making

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Which of the following factors has little effect on the size of a manager's span of control?


A) nature of the task
B) age of the subordinates
C) level of skill and motivation of the workers
D) location of the workers

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What is the best type of organizational structure?

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Which of the following is a major building block for an efficient and effective organizational structure?


A) authority
B) span of control
C) responsibility
D) leadership

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Which of the following personnel give expert advice in specialized areas?


A) staff
B) line
C) functional
D) lower

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