In the early 20th century, automobiles were made one at a time by craftsmen who could perform every operation necessary to build the car. Henry Ford decided to limit the number of tasks each worker performed so each person could become expert in his position. With this practice, Ford introduced ________.

Carlotta discovered that the supplier with the highest quality also had the longest lead time. The supplier with the best lead time had the highest price. To help Carlotta make her decision, she should ________.

The downfall of the furniture industry due to the subprime mortgage crisis and subsequent job loss of a number of managers in that industry would lend credence to the ________ view of management.

________ departmentalization is based on the product or customer flow through the organization.

Given other things unchanged, managers with well-trained and experienced employees can function well with a wider span of control than those with a less talented workforce.

In the case of functional departmentalization, jobs are grouped according to ________.

A problem can best be described as ________.

Bill Sanderson, a manager in a manufacturing firm in New York has a tendency to view the world only through his U.S.-based perspective. What can be deduced about his attitude?

Zebulon made a decision about hiring a new executive assistant after interviewing only three candidates. The process was just too time consuming given his other responsibilities and the applicant seemed like they could do the job. Zebulon is ________.

Rajesh was a production manager for 10 years. Now, he oversees a larger business unit where he periodically needs to review decisions made by his employees. In which of the following areas would he be most likely to use intuitive decision making?