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The two types of corporate culture that have low levels of sociability among employees are

The matrix organizational structure facilitates greater communication between employees.

Older, larger firms producing and selling various products base departmentalization on function.

Define the term exclave and list three actual examples of exclaves. Define the term enclave and list three actual examples of enclaves. Name an enclave that perforates Italy. List five landlocked African states. What state morphology classification, for purposes of promoting political stability, is best, and why? What state morphology classification, for purposes of promoting political stability, is worst, and why?  

Robots are especially effective in carrying out creative tasks and assignments.

Which of the following does not prevent managers from delegating?

Boss Queen, Inc. (BQI)Boss Queen, Inc. (BQI) is a business-clothing store for professional women. The owner of the company has designed the business so that she hardly ever has to be there. There are many departmental managers who hold a lot of responsibility. While they are organized separately by department, each manager knows enough about the other departments to be able to fill in at any time. The department managers also delegate a lot of work further down to their employees as a way to empower them. The owner even delegates store-management responsibilities to a different department manager each month. Even though certain people are delegated certain tasks, everyone pitches in, so it is sometimes hard to tell who is really in charge.The employees are so comfortable with each other that many go out and participate in activities together on the weekends, even when they are not working. However, the owner realizes that she does not want to participate in these events because she does not want to seem that she is favoring certain people over others. Refer to Boss Queen, Inc. BQI can best be described as a(n) ____ organization.

When firms use inspection to monitor quality, only the finished product is examined for defects or potential problems.

Garrett EnterpriseGarrett Enterprise is a well-known company that has been around for many years. However, Mr. Smith, its CEO, has noticed recently that the company is not performing up to par. He has been watching the employees closely. Mr. Smith saw that his workers do only what is required and that no one seems to go above and beyond what is necessary.He thinks this is odd because Garrett Enterprise used to have dedicated employees who felt a real sense of ownership toward the company. Now it seems that the employees need to be watched all the time just to make sure they are doing the minimum required. The company has always tried to help its employees through various measures, but recently these measures have been unsuccessful.Mr. Smith also observed that the employees were not engaging with each other. They all seemed to be at ease with each other, but there was very little interaction. When Mr. Smith asked his top managers to study the situation more closely, they reported that the employees were neither dissatisfied nor motivated.Mr. Smith decided that things needed to change. He decided that the managers would reward only very good behaviors and punish anything that was considered bad behavior. While this may not be the best option, Mr. Smith believes that it may work for the near future. Refer to Garrett Enterprise. When employees interact with each other, what needs are they meeting?

The assignment of part of a manager’s work and authority to a worker is called