The Organizing Challenge of a Decentralized Structure Which Stresses Employee

question 29

Multiple Choice

The organizing challenge of a decentralized structure which stresses employee empowerment is:

• A) how to keep empowered employees from making lots of stupid decisions.
• B) establishing a collegial,collaborative culture so that decisions can be made by gaining a quick consensus on what to do and when to do it.
• C) how to avoid de-motivating employees (because empowered employees are expected to take responsibility for their actions and decisions).
• D) how to exercise control over the actions and decisions of empowered employees so that the business is not put at risk while trying to capture the benefits of empowerment.
• E) how to convince lower-level managers and employees that they are empowered.

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