The Larson and Gobeli Study That Compared Projects That Had

question 65

Multiple Choice

The Larson and Gobeli study that compared projects that had been managed in a variety of structural types revealed that new product development projects tended to be MOST effectively executed when the organizational structure was a:

• A)Project matrix.
• B)Project organization.
• C)Balanced matrix.
• D)Functional matrix.

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Definitions:

Benchmarking Method

A process of comparing business processes and performance metrics to industry bests or best practices from other companies.

Comparable Worth Laws

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Male-Female Wage Gap

The persistent disparity in average earnings between men and women, often measured within the same roles, industries, or across the labor market as a whole.

Subjective Judgments

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