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Organizations using continuous-process technology


True/False 
1. Joan Woodward divided technology into three categories: small-batch production, mass production, and continuous-process technology. 


2. Organizations using continuous-process technology produce one or a few products through an assembly-line system. 
 
3. An adhocracy is characterized by few rules, policies, and procedures; substantial decentralization; shared decision making among members; extreme horizontal specialization; few levels of management; and virtually no formal controls. 

4. The adhocracy is particularly useful when the tasks facing the firm vary considerably and provide many exceptions. 

5. From an organizational standpoint, information technology (IT) can be used as a partial substitute for some operations as well as some process controls. 





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