Line Departments

question 70

Multiple Choice

Line departments

• A)provide specialized skills to support staff departments.
• B)deal directly with the organization's primary goods and services.
• C)include research, legal, accounting, and human resources departments.
• D)focus on safeguarding the company from risks.
• E)focus more on requirements and procedures rather than products and customers.

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Definitions:

Collectivists

Individuals or cultures that prioritize the goals, values, and well-being of the group over those of the individual, emphasizing community, cooperation, and interdependence.

Interpersonal Processes

The dynamics and mechanisms through which people interact and communicate with each other in social settings.

Disjunctive Task

A task in which the performance of the group is determined by the best individual performance among its members.

Steiner's Taxonomy

A classification system developed by Ivan Steiner that categorizes group tasks based on their nature and the ways individuals contribute to group performance.