If a Company Picks an Organizational Architecture That Is Inappropriate

question 28

Multiple Choice

If a company picks an organizational architecture that is inappropriate for its marketplace,then:

• A)the company is unlikely to survive market competition.
• B)technology is likely to rescue the company from bankruptcy.
• C)competition is likely to help the company to grow.
• D)government regulation is likely to cause the company to fail.

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Definitions:

Present Value Tables

A set of tables that provide the factor needed to calculate the present value of a single payment or series of payments to be received in the future.

Investment

The allocation of resources, usually money, in assets or projects with the expectation of generating income or profit.

Compound Interest

Interest calculated on the initial principal, which also includes all of the accumulated interest from previous periods.

Robinson-Patman Act

A United States federal law aimed at preventing anticompetitive practices by producers, specifically price discrimination.