An Organizational Structure May Be Weak or Deficient If It

question 68

Multiple Choice

An organizational structure may be weak or deficient if it is out of alignment with its contextual variables, in which case:​

• A)​employees are suspicious of each other.
• B)​managers' personal, cognitive biases affect their good judgment.
• C)​decision making is delayed due to the hierarchy being overloaded.
• D)​the chief executive fails to affect the structure of the organization.

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Definitions:

Upper Control Limits

The threshold values in statistical quality control that indicate the maximum acceptable variation in a process.

Pareto Analysis

A decision-making technique used for selecting a limited number of tasks that produce significant overall effect, based on the principle that 80% of effects come from 20% of causes.

Vital Few

A principle often associated with the Pareto Principle, indicating that a small number of causes, inputs, or effort usually lead to a majority of the results, outputs, or rewards.

Cause-And-Effect

A relationship between events where one is the result of the other, often illustrated by a fishbone diagram in quality improvement contexts.