John Recently Accepted a Job in the Marketing Department with the Burbank

question 156

Multiple Choice

John recently accepted a job in the marketing department with the Burbank Bagel Boys. After just a few days on the job, John learned that the company has many layers of management, and seems to have a rule to cover almost every situation. These conditions suggest that Burbank Bagel Boys is a(n) :

• A) cross-functional organization.
• B) decentralized organization.
• C) oligopolistic organization.
• D) bureaucratic organization.

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