The Supervisor Asks an Engineer to Be a Project Manager

question 68

Multiple Choice

The supervisor asks an engineer to be a project manager within the department. Of which of the following types of organizational structures is this an example?

• A) Projectized
• B) Functional
• C) Matrix
• D) Intermediary

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Definitions:

Competitive Firm

A business that operates in a market with many buyers and sellers, where the company does not have the market power to set prices.

Demand Curve

A graphical representation showing the relationship between the price of a good or service and the quantity demanded by consumers, typically downward sloping.

Perfectly Competitive Markets

Markets in which no individual producer or consumer has the market power to influence prices, characterized by many buyers and sellers, homogeneous products, and free entry and exit.

Economic Profits

The difference between a firm's total revenue and its total costs, including both explicit and implicit costs, measuring the excess over the opportunity cost of capital.