When a Firm Decides to Decrease the Number of First-Line

question 96

Multiple Choice

When a firm decides to decrease the number of first-line managers it has, and thus increase the span of management of first-line managers, it is making a change in the area of _____.

• A) organization structure and design
• B) social structure
• C) task environment
• D) people
• E) technology and operations

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Definitions:

Variable

In scripting, the name of a storage location in the computer’s internal memory. The value of the variable is the contents at that memory location. It is called a variable because the value can change (vary) as the program runs.

Script

A set of commands or instructions written to be executed by a program or scripting engine to automate tasks.

Memory Location

A specific address in memory storage where data is kept, identifiable within a system for the purpose of storing and retrieving information.

Scripts

Scripts are a sequence of instructions written in a scripting language executed by another program rather than the computer processor directly.