Three Basic Approaches to Departmentalization Are By

question 133

Multiple Choice

Three basic approaches to departmentalization are by:

• A)formalization, decentralization, and centralization.
• B)geography, customer, and product.
• C)authority, accountability, and responsibility.
• D)function, division, and matrix.

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Definitions:

Debt-Equity Ratio

An indicator of a firm's use of financial debt, found by dividing the total amount of liabilities by the equity owned by stockholders.

Retention Ratio

The proportion of net income that is retained in the company rather than paid out to shareholders as dividends.

Growth Rate

A measure of the increase in size, number, value, or strength of a business or other entity's key metric over a specified period of time.

Pro Forma

Financial statements prepared in advance of a planned transaction, such as a merger, acquisition, or new capital investment, showing the projected financial results.