A Primary Reason Identified for the Organizational Design Success of United

question 17

Multiple Choice

A primary reason identified for the organizational design success of United Parcel Service was:

• A) its organic structure enables it to operate more efficiently than the bureaucratic U.S. Postal Service.
• B) its adoption of the bureaucratic model.
• C) that it doesn't have many rules or formalized procedures and thus can be more innovative.
• D) it hires primarily college students who are the best employees possible.

Understand the reasons for and benefits of outsourcing payroll functions.

Identify payroll taxes that have an earnings cap and those that do not.

Understand the impact of traditional gender roles on businesses and economic participation.

Recognize the role of parents as primary agents of socialization in shaping gender roles.