Accounting Multiple Choice Question – 12 July 2024

Which of the following are THREE of Henry Mintzberg’s building blocks of an organisation?

A Support staff
B Middle line
C Functional division
D Scalar chain
E Ideology
F Matrix structure

Select ONE answer:

1. ABC
2. DEF
3. BCD
4. ABE

Show your workings to arrive at your answer, and explain and justify your reasons:

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This multiple-choice question is suitable for Accounting KS5 classes.

The answer is 3

1. Not correct
2. Not correct
3. Correct –>The support staff (A) carry out the ancillary activities that are neither part of the core nor the technostructure. Support staff have no role in the direct activities of the organisation: these activities include such things as catering and public relations. The middle line (B) represents that part of the organisation where the middle managers operate. Its role is to turn the instructions of the strategic apex into activities for the operating core. The ideology (E) is what binds the organisation together. It represents the organisational values and beliefs, which provide a common focus for all the other elements.
4. Not correct

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