Which of the Following Is Not One of the Chief

question 26

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is not one of the chief advantages of a decentralized organizational structure?

• A) Reducing the size of the corporate bureaucracy and the layers of management
• B) Making it easy to fix accountability when company performance targets are not met and enhanced capture of cross-business strategic fits
• C) Promoting greater motivation and involvement in the business on the part of more company personnel
• D) Spurring new ideas and creative thinking
• E) Encouraging lower level managers and rank-and-file employees to exercise initiative and act responsibly

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Definitions:

Parapatric Speciation

A mode of speciation in which new species evolve in adjacent or overlapping geographic areas, often due to differences in habitat or environmental pressures.

Sympatric Speciation

The process by which new species evolve from a single ancestral species while inhabiting the same geographic region.

Reproductive Isolation

Reproductive isolation occurs when reproductive barriers prevent or strongly limit reproduction between populations. The result is that few or no genes are exchanged between the populations.

Metapopulations

A group of spatially separated populations of the same species which interact at some level.