If a Company Wishes to Maintain Its Basic Functional Structure

question 15

Multiple Choice

If a company wishes to maintain its basic functional structure, but is having difficulty coordinating across departments because of growth, what should it do?

• A) It should install horizontal linkages.
• B) It should realize that the functional structure cannot work and replace it with a matrix structure.
• C) It may find it necessary to abolish liaison roles.
• D) It can profit most by adding more functional departments.

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