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A learning organization requires employees to ________.

A) encode information to prevent competitors from stealing ideas
B) collaborate with competitors
C) make all ideas public
D) share information and collaborate with one another

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Line authority can be exerted only after a manager checks with his or her superior.

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By giving employees two direct superiors, a matrix structure violates this key element of organizational design.

A virtual organization relies on free agents who have no permanent status or position in the organization.

As represented in a power cone, power is based on ________.

State motor vehicle offices usually use this kind of departmentalization.

Organizations that implement flextime programs allow employees to work at home for some of the work day.

A mechanistic organization is bureaucratic and hierarchical.

Eric Redd graduated from college and was hired by a corporation that manufactured parts for the automotive industry. The employees on the assembly line seemed bored, and their motivation was low. Eric's employer decided to try to reorganize to increase productivity. During his career, Eric will see his job change from an engineer to a more complex job assignment. -Eric sees this new assignment as an increase in ________, or an obligation or expectation for him to perform at a new level.

Boundaryless organizations try to eliminate ________ within their organization.

All of the following are characteristic of learning organizations EXCEPT ________.

In the chain of command, each person above you ________.

Which of the following are NOT basic elements of organizational design?

Which statement accurately defines work specialization?

In a short essay, list and discuss three common forms of departmentalization.

What kind of departmentalization would be in place in a government agency in which there are separate departments that provide services for employers, employed workers, unemployed workers, and the disabled?

Eric Redd graduated from college and was hired by a corporation that manufactured parts for the automotive industry. The employees on the assembly line seemed bored, and their motivation was low. Eric's employer decided to try to reorganize to increase productivity. During his career, Eric will see his job change from an engineer to a more complex job assignment. -The jobs of assembly-line employees are to be changed to allow more tasks to be done by individual workers.This is a reduction in ________.

In a project structure, when employees finish a project they ________.

Organizational design is the process in which managers change or develop an organization's structure.

A virtual organization is essentially ________ who come together for a particular project.