In a Multidivisional Structure

question 38

Multiple Choice

In a multidivisional structure

• A) support functions, such as accounting, are centralized at the top of the organization.
• B) corporate headquarters staff have operating responsibility over the divisional managers.
• C) divisional managers have overall corporate strategic responsibility.
• D) corporate headquarters is responsible for overseeing the company's long-term multibusiness model and for providing guidance for interdivisional projects.
• E) financial controls are necessarily weak given the resource duplication from one division to another.

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