Honeywell Inc

question 128

Multiple Choice

Honeywell Inc. reorganized its European operations along customer lines to prepare for a unified European Union. In doing so, it abandoned matrix departmentalization. Why would Honeywell engage in such restructuring?

• A)to create pools of resources
• B)to empower its employees
• C)to better adhere to the management philosophy of staff authority
• D)to improve its ability to handle complex tasks
• E)to end conflict between product managers in different parts of its matrix

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