A CEO at Widgets R Us Takes a New Opportunity

question 15

Multiple Choice

A CEO at Widgets R Us takes a new opportunity at Create-A-Cart. The CEO knows the same matrix structure that worked at Widgets R Us ___ at Create-A-Cart because

• A) will work; every organization emphasizes formal authority, order, fairness, and efficiency.
• B) may not work; every organization faces its own set of unique problems and opportunities.
• C) may not work; all organizations are not affected by situational contingencies such as task, technology, environment, and people.
• D) will work; every organization has narrow spans of control and structures of the traditional pyramid form.
• E) will work; all organizations have sufficient resources to jointly pursue mutual interests with another organization.

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