A Network Structure Helps Lower Costs and Improves Flexibility in Dealing

question 91

Multiple Choice

A network structure helps lower costs and improves flexibility in dealing with changing environments because:

• A) it brings together members from different functional departments in the organization.
• B) the central core is relatively small and the surrounding networks can be expanded or shrunk as needed.
• C) the central core consists of temporary employees and focuses on cross-functional teams to improve lateral relations.
• D) it has vertical levels of management and hierarchical levels of authority.
• E) the central core is relatively big, and that provides the advantage of economies of scale.

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