An Office Supply Firm That Has Three Departments Based Upon

question 56

Multiple Choice

An office supply firm that has three departments based upon retail, wholesale, and governmental customers is using which of the following types of departmentalization?

• A)geographic
• B)product
• C)functional
• D)customer

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Definitions:

Causal Attribution

The process of identifying the cause of an event or behavior, attributing it either to internal dispositions or to external situations.

A Priori

Knowledge or reasoning that is derived from theoretical deduction rather than from observation or experience.

Research

The process whereby scientists observe events, look for patterns, and evaluate theories proposed to explain those patterns.

Third Variable Problem

The possibility that two variables may be correlated but do not exert a causal influence on one another; rather, both are caused by some additional variable.