Question 23
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Span of management refers to the:
Selected Answer: number of subordinates reporting to a manager.Answers: experience, in terms of years, of managers in a company.number of roles that the management of an organization performs.duration of time required for an employee to get promoted to a manager's position.number of subordinates reporting to a manager.number of managers working at the top management of an organization.
Question 24
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What is upward communication?
Question 25
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Which of the following is an advantage of job specialization?
Sunday, October 16, 2016 8:45:42 PM CDT
Chapter 7 Business principles
organizational culture a
firm's shared values, beliefs, traditions, philosophies, rules, and role
models for behavior
structure
the arrangement or relationship of positions within an organization

organizational chart
visual display of the organizational structure, lines of authority (chain of command), staff
relationships, permanent committee arrangements and lines of communication
specialization
division of labor into small, specific tasks and the assignment of employees to do a single task
departmentalization
the grouping of jobs into working units usually called departments, units, groups, or divisions
functional departmentalization
the grouping of jobs that perform similar functional activities such as finance, manufacturing,
marketing, and human recourses
product departmentalization
the organization of jobs in relation to the products of the firm
geographic departmentalization
the grouping of jobs according to geographic location such as state, region, or country
customer departmentalization
the arrangement of jobs around the needs of various types of customers
delegation of authority
giving employees tasks and power to make commitments, use recourses, and take whatever
actions are necessary to carry out those tasks
responsibility
obligation placed on employees through delegation to perform assigned tasks satisfactorily and
be held accountable for the proper execution of work
accountability
employees who accept an assignment and the authority to carry it out are answerable to a


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