Organising and Leading Chapter 8 & 9

Which statement is true? (Leading)

Which statement is false? (Leading)

The variables that determine an individual's work performance are... (Leading)

Group ______ influences the group's adherence to group performance (Leading)

After managers had informed employees by email of a new retirement policy they plan to institute, the employees demanded a question-and-answer session with management. This represents the _______ step in the communication process. (Leading)

Look at the statements below. (Organising)

i. The transfer time between tasks may decrease.
ii. Workers performing small and simple tasks will become very proficient at each task.
iii. Specialisation may lead to absenteeism and lower quality of work.
iv. When an employee who performs a highly specialised job is absent or resigns, the cost of training a replacement is high
v. The more narrowly defined a job is, the easier it is to develop specialised equipment to assist with that job

Now select the combination of statements that are all benefits of specialisation

Mrs Mabula, the operations manager of a large organisation, decides to remove some controls from the jobs that her subordinates perform, to delegate more authority to subordinates and to structure the work in complete work units. Mrs Mabula is implementing... (Controlling)

In ____ horizontal and vertical authority lines occur in the same organisational structure so that project managers and functional managers both have authority

Which of the following is a characteristic of formal authority in an organisation?

Read the list of factors below.

i. The environment in which an organisation operates
ii. The strategy of the organisation
iii. The competence and role of staff
iv. The organisational culture
v. The size of an organisation

Now select the combination of factors that influence organisational structure

The owner of a business takes out a loan from the bank. He is therefore accountable for paying it back. Accountability is therefore.....(Organising)

A transformational leader is someone who... (Leading)

People followed Fayo's leadership because they like him. This is an example of ....

Kaizer Chiefs is a great team and not a group because they have a common purpose and (Leading)