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Question 01

Thinking in terms of an organizations physical structure, layout refers to:

a) the assignment of people to locations.

b) the commitment of regions of space to particular activities.

c) the orientation of buildings to one another on a single site or campus.

d) the assignment of people to locations, the commitment of regions of space to particular activities, and the orientation of buildings to one another on a single site or campus.

Question 02

Which of the following physical barriers have consistently been shown to decrease the amount of interaction among employees at work?

a) Walls

b) Moveable partitions

c) Physical distance

d) Walls, moveable partitions, and physical distance

Question 03

"Touchdown Jesus" the name given the mosaic on the campus of Notre Dame University in South Bend, Indiana, is an example of:

a) an unplanned symbolic interpretation.

b) design and décor as aspects of physical structure.

c) organizational counterculture.

d) an unplanned symbolic interpretation, design and décor as aspects of physical structure, and organizational counterculture.

Question 04

Your company decides to relocate two of its manufacturing plants to Spain. Which of the categories of its physical structure does this change represent?

a) Layout

b) Design

c) Geography

d) Task interdependence

Question 05

Which issues are most strongly associated with the symbolic aspects of the organization's physical structure?

a) Status and identity

b) Spatiality and power

c) Embedded meanings and values

d) Task interdependence and social interaction

Question 06

At a company you are studying, you discover people are assigned workspaces on the basis of their current project assignments, so that all members of a project team are located in adjacent cubicles. When their project is finished and/or they are assigned to work with another team, they are moved next to their new teammates. This practice is most closely related to which aspect of an organization's physical structure?

a) Geography

b) Layout

c) Design

d) Décor

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