Answer the following statements true (T) or false (F)

Question

1. When Angela, a new nurse was hired at Mercy Hospital, the HR manager gave her a handout containing a chart that showed a family-tree-like pattern of boxes and lines. This document, which shows the formal lines of authority and the organization's official positions and work specializations, at the hospital is called an organization chart.
2. The arrangement of having discrete parts of a task done by different people is known as division of labor.
3. Tom's Hardware has a simple organizational structure. There are no levels of middle management, because all employees report to the owner, Tom, or to his assistant managers. Tom's Hardware has a thin organizational structure.
4. Two advantages of decentralization are that (1) managers are encouraged to solve their own problems, and (2) decisions are made more quickly, increasing the organization's flexibility and efficiency.

Answer 1

1. TRUE
An organization chart is a box-and-lines illustration showing the formal lines of authority and the organization's official positions or work specializations. This is the family-treelike pattern of boxes and lines posted on workplace walls and given to new hires.
2. TRUE
The arrangement of having discrete parts of a task done by different people is known as division of labor.
3. FALSE
An organization is said to be flat when there are only a few levels with wide spans of control. Like other flat organizations, Tom's Hardware has an organizational structure with few or no levels of middle management between top managers and those reporting to them.
4. TRUE
An advantage of decentralized authority is that managers are encouraged to solve their own problems rather than to buck the decision to a higher level. In addition, decisions are made more quickly, which increases the organization's flexibility and efficiency.