In a Four-Year Time Period, Isaiah's Organization Has Grown from a One-Man

question 126

Multiple Choice

In a four-year time period, Isaiah's organization has grown from a one-man motorcycle repair shop to a custom bike manufacturing/assembly and rebuild business employing 24 mechanics and technicians. Due to Isaiah's difficulty in delegating responsibility, he makes almost all important business and design/technical decisions. As a result, he is working 80 hours per week, and the business has stopped expanding. The business is suffering an employee turnover problem. Isaiah's business is a(n) ________ organization.

• A)centralized
• B)decentralized
• C)organic
• D)matrix
• E)learning

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Definitions:

Probability

A measure of the likelihood that an event will occur, expressed as a number between 0 and 1, where 0 indicates impossibility and 1 indicates certainty.

Cross-Sectional Study

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Longitudinal Study

A research design that involves repeated observations of the same variables (e.g., people) over short or long periods of time.

Gender Relationships

The social and cultural constructs that define the interactions, roles, behaviors, and expectations between genders within a society.