The Trend Toward Flatter Organizational Structures (Delayering)has Occurred Because This

question 22

Multiple Choice

The trend toward flatter organizational structures (delayering) has occurred because this action:

• A) tends to reduce overhead costs.
• B) narrows the span of control for supervisors.
• C) puts decision makers closer to front-line staff and information about customer needs.
• D) does all of these things.
• E) reduce overhead costs AND puts decision makers closer to front-line staff and information about customer needs.

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Definitions:

Population variance

A measure of the dispersion of all data points within a population, squared from the mean of the population.

Confidence interval

A gamut of numbers, produced from sample statistics, believed to enfold the covert value of a population parameter.

Sample standard deviation

A statistic that measures the dispersion of a dataset relative to its mean and is calculated as the square root of the variance.

True average age

The actual mean age of all individuals in a specified group or population.