SCENARIO 13-4 After Extensively Researching Both Traditional and New Design

question 103

Multiple Choice

SCENARIO 13-4 After extensively researching both traditional and new design options for organizational structures, you have decided that one of the designs developed since the early 1980s is probably the most appropriate for your newly formed organization.
You wish to outsource many of the functions that are usually performed internally.You have chosen to operate your business as a

• A)matrix organization.
• B)virtual organization.
• C)team structure.
• D)matrix structure.
• E)simple organization.

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