The Organizing Challenge of a Decentralized Structure That Stresses Employee

question 59

Multiple Choice

The organizing challenge of a decentralized structure that stresses employee empowerment is

• A)how to keep empowered employees from making lots of stupid decisions.
• B)establishing a collegial,collaborative culture so that decisions can be made by gaining a quick consensus on what to do and when to do it.
• C)how to avoid demotivating employees (because empowered employees are expected to take responsibility for their actions and decisions).
• D)how to exercise adequate control over the actions and decisions of empowered employees so that the business is not put at risk while trying to capture the benefits of empowerment.
• E)how to convince lower-level managers and employees that they are empowered.

Identify different control systems (cybernetic, feedback, concurrent) and their applications.

Understand the control equation and its components to assess the need for action.

Acknowledge the challenges in measuring performance effectively.

Appreciate the importance of measurement accuracy in the control process.

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