Traditional Organizations Have One of Four Types of Organizational Design

question 25

Multiple Choice

Traditional organizations have one of four types of organizational design. What are these four structure types?

• A) Traditional, flat, matrix, technology
• B) Hierarchical, flat, matrix, networked
• C) Matrix, networked, flat, information
• D) Matrix, flat, networked, traditional
• E) Social, networked, matrix, hierarchical

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