Scenario D

question 26

Multiple Choice

Scenario D. "This company needs better integration!" Alyssa was thinking about that quote as she was working on a project for the president of her company, who was also her boss. He had asked her to put together a plan to transition their firm to a more tightly integrated one. Alyssa recalled from her college management classes that the particular structure an organization adopts may use a variety of approaches to help them make certain that interdependent units and individuals will work together to achieve a common purpose. Somehow she had to address this in her report.
-Alyssa was also considering the fact that the organization was an innovative one and the units may need more latitude in establishing their goals and schedules in order to remain innovative.If ultimately Alyssa considered this to the most important,she should recommend that her boss

• A)simply allow the employees to talk to each other whenever they felt like it and about whatever they wanted.
• B)consider coordinating by plan.
• C)use standardization.
• D)use centralized decision making.
• E)consider coordinating by mutual adjustment.

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