Organization Design

question 54

Multiple Choice

Organization design:

• A)encompasses larger elements that influence structural dimensions, including the organization's size, technology, environment, culture, and goals.
• B)gives us the tools to evaluate and understand how and why some organizations grow and succeed while others do not.
• C)obtains inputs from the external environment, adds value through a transformation process, and discharges products and services back to the environment.
• D)provides labels to describe the internal characteristics of an organization.

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Definitions:

Technocentric Approach

A perspective that emphasizes technology’s central role in societal development, solutions, and progress.

Anthropocentric Approach

A viewpoint that considers human beings as the central most significant entities of the universe, often evaluating other entities in terms of their usefulness to humans.

Job Design

The process of organizing tasks, duties, and responsibilities into a productive unit of work to improve satisfaction and performance.

Social Information-Processing

A theory that suggests individuals understand and interpret social interactions and relationships through the exchange and processing of information.