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Sandy,the manager of the accounting department of the business where she works,is going on vacation for two weeks.During a staff meeting,she assigns her accounts to different staff members to handle until she returns and gives them the power to answer the clients' questions and solve their problems.What has Sandy done?

A) She has created risk for the company by assigning tasks to unqualified individuals.
B) She has created accountability for the staff accountants.
C) She has distributed power in the organization by delegation.
D) She has created a decentralized organization.

E) A) and C)
F) A) and B)

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Distinguishing between positions with direct authority and those that are support positions establishes an organization's

A) chain of command.
B) span of management.
C) degree of centralization or decentralization.
D) nature and degree of departmentalization.
E) degree of specialization.

F) D) and E)
G) C) and D)

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Billy works for an organization that has a manager for every five employees.Jane works for an organization that has a manager for every 100 employees.Salma works for an organization that has a manager for every 50 employees.What do you know about these organizations?

Grouping the United States into the Northeast Region,the Northwest Region,the Southeast Region,and the Southwest Region would be departmentalization by

When a manager has few subordinates,a narrow span of management exists.

A manager's reluctance to delegate may stem from his or her belief that the subordinate will do the work too well.

When managers attempt to spread authority widely in the lower levels of an organization,they are attempting to centralize authority.

If you were a manager,how would you use the grapevine?

Describe each of the three primary types of committees that exist in business firms.Offer one specific example of each.

In an organization with a ____,a manager is most likely to spend considerable time supervising and working with employees.

The separation of all organizational activities into distinct tasks and the assignment of different tasks to different people is called job

As a new manager for JCPenney,Chris is unwilling to delegate work.He realizes that,although he can delegate assignments to others,he cannot delegate his

An informal group in an organization is formed by the line managers of that organization.

Human resources is a(n) ____ type of job,so it does not fit directly into the chain of command.

An informal organization can be shown on a formal organization chart.

Workers at the pharmaceutical company,Eli Lilly are less likely to become bored or dissatisfied with their jobs because Eli Lilly practices job

Identify and briefly describe the decisions involved that management must make in organizing a business.

Determining how many subordinates will report to each manager gives an organization its

A(n) ____ has been appointed to investigate the pending merger of your company and the Tandy Corporation.

The most appropriate,short-term committee to provide a recommendation for a health care benefit plan for a medium size corporation would be a task force.