Until Recently, a Large Sales Organization Gave Supervisors All Key

question 63

Multiple Choice

Until recently, a large sales organization gave supervisors all key information for further distribution to their employees. But with the introduction of a company intranet and other information technologies, this information is now mostly available directly to employees. By distributing corporate information directly to employees rather than through their supervisors, the company has:

• A)increased the centrality of supervisors.
• B)increased the legitimate power of supervisors.
• C)decreased the power of supervisors by moving to an all-channel formation of information flow.
• D)decreased the company's ability to cope with uncertainty.
• E)increased the power of supervisors by moving to a wheel formation of information flow.

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