When the Need for Integration Is Very High, Firms May

question 16

Multiple Choice

When the need for integration is very high, firms may:

• A) use direct contact between subunit managers.
• B) give a person in each subunit responsibility for coordinating with another subunit on a regular basis.
• C) institute a matrix structure, in which all roles are viewed as integrating roles.
• D) use temporary or permanent teams composed of individuals from the subunits that need to achieve coordination.

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Definitions:

Just World Hypothesis

The belief that the world is fundamentally fair, leading individuals to rationalize an unjust situation as having been deserved by the victim.

Fundamental Attribution Error

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Systematic Desensitization

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