Modern Management Concepts and Skills 12th Edition by Samuel C. Certo -Test Bank

Chapter 11 Fundamentals of Organizing

1) Organizing is the process of establishing orderly uses for all resources within the management system.
Answer: TRUE
Page Ref: 250
Objective: 1
Difficulty: Easy
Classification: Conceptual

2) Henri Fayol recommends that businesses avoid red tape, regulations, and paperwork when organizing resources.
Answer: TRUE
Page Ref: 251
Objective: 1
Difficulty: Easy
Classification: Conceptual

3) Henri Fayol recommends that businesses establish multiple guiding authorities when organizing resources.
Answer: FALSE
Page Ref: 251
Objective: 1
Difficulty: Easy
Classification: Conceptual

4) The final step in the organization process is to allocate resources and directives for subtasks.
Answer: FALSE
Page Ref: 252
Objective: 1
Difficulty: Easy
Classification: Conceptual

5) It is recognized today that the bureaucratic approach without an appropriate emphasis on the human variable is almost certainly a formula for organizational failure.
Answer: TRUE
Page Ref: 253
Objective: 1
Difficulty: Easy
Classification: Conceptual

6) Bureaucracy can be characterized as a management system with detailed procedures, rules, and a clearly outlined organizational hierarchy with impersonal relationships among organization members.
Answer: TRUE
Page Ref: 253
Objective: 1
Difficulty: Easy
Classification: Conceptual
7) Mary Parker Follett said that coordination can be attained with the least difficulty through direct horizontal relationships and personal communications.
Answer: TRUE
Page Ref: 254
Objective: 5
Difficulty: Easy
Classification: Conceptual

8) Traditionally, individuals at the top of a pyramid-shaped organizational structure have more authority but less responsibility than individuals at the bottom of the pyramid.
Answer: FALSE
Page Ref: 255
Objective: 2
Difficulty: Easy
Classification: Conceptual

9) The formal structure of an organization evolves naturally and tends to be molded by individual norms and values and social relationships.
Answer: FALSE
Page Ref: 255
Objective: 2
Difficulty: Easy
Classification: Conceptual

10) Vertical dimensioning is directly related to the concept of the scalar relationship—that is, the chain of command.
Answer: TRUE
Page Ref: 255
Objective: 8
Difficulty: Easy
Classification: Conceptual