The Three Structural Characteristics Which Differ Between Organizational Structures Include

question 30

Multiple Choice

The three structural characteristics which differ between organizational structures include all of the following EXCEPT

• A) centralization.
• B) formalization.
• C) specialization.
• D) intermediation.

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Definitions:

Bullwhip Measure

A metric used to quantify the increase in variability of order sizes in the supply chain from downstream to upstream.

Bullwhip Measure

A method or metric used to quantify the degree of the bullwhip effect within a supply chain.

Standard Deviation

A measure of the amount of variation or dispersion of a set of values, used in statistics to quantify the variance from the mean.

Bullwhip Effect

The phenomenon where variations in demand at the retail level cause progressively larger fluctuations in demand at the wholesale, distributor, manufacturer, and raw material supplier levels.