Organization – Test 4

If the Chief Executive of a company appoints a sales manager to look after sales, the former gets absolved himself of his responsibility for the same by delegating part of his authority to the latter and do not remains accountable to the Board of Directors for the sales it is Sales Manager who is only responsible for sales targets.

When authority is delegated, responsibility steps in and is co-extensive with authority.

More clear the line of authority from the top manager in an enterprise to every subordinate position, the more effective will be the responsible decision-,making and organization communication. This is _______ principle of delegation.

As per scalar principle of delegation-

Which of the following refers to the tendency to withhold a larger part of formal authority at higher echelons of management hierarchy?

_______ means partial dispersal of authority from central/top management to lower level.

Where larger part of the authority is delegated down the levels of management so that decisions are made a near the source of action, such a tendency in the organization is described a –

Advantages of decentralization:_______

Advantages of decentralization:__________

Which of the following is advantage of centralization?

Which of the following structure(s) is/are centralized?

“Unity of command cannot exist without unity of direction, but does not flow it”. This statement was given by-

_______ refers to superior-subordinates relations throughout the organization.

Arrange the various steps of organizing in the correct sequence.
(i) Identifying (ii) Grouping (iii) Delegating (iv) Establishment relationship:

The principle of unity of Command and Unity of Direction was given by-

Which of the following is not feature of organizing?

Each individual should be given a particular job to do according to his ability and made responsible for that., Which step in the organizing processdoes the sentence relate to-

The framework of interrelationships among individuals and departments that describes relationships of reporting and accountability is called-

The formal channel that defines the lines of authority and accountability in a hierarchical organizational structures is called-

A position to which decision-making authority has been delegated within the chain of command from senior managers into front line production or service employees is called-

Which form of departmentalization would be most appropriate in companies that have distnctly different product lines?

If a manager supervisers large number of subordinates then it is known as –

The span of control refers to-

Determining the number of people who are accountable to a single manager refers to –

Statement I: Line organization is flexible and changeable.
Statement II: Project organization is a separate type of organization like the line, & staff or functional organization.