When Does a Flat Organization Offer Advantages

question 29

Multiple Choice

When does a flat organization offer advantages?

• A) When employees can handle responsibilities
• B) When customer satisfaction is less important
• C) When employees perform dissimilar functions
• D) When the organization is highly decentralized

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Definitions:

Product Variety

Denotes the range of different products or variations thereof offered by a business, aiming to meet diverse customer needs and preferences.

Aggregate Planning

Involves developing, analyzing, and maintaining a preliminary, approximate schedule of the overall operations of an organization.

Demand Information

Data regarding customer requirements for products or services, used for planning production and inventory levels.

Bullwhip Effect

A phenomenon in supply chain management where small variations in demand at the retail level cause increasingly larger variations in demand at the wholesale, distributor, and manufacturer levels.