Organizational Structure Can Be Defined As

question 71

Multiple Choice

Organizational structure can be defined as:

• A)the means through which a company assigns employees to specific tasks and roles and specifies how these tasks and roles are to be linked together to increase efficiency, quality, innovation, and responsiveness to customers.
• B)the blueprint that states how managers intend to use organizational resources to most efficiently achieve organizational goals.
• C)the specific collection of values, norms, beliefs, and attitudes that are shared by people and groups in an organization and that control the way they interact with each other and with stakeholders outside the organization..
• D)the degree to which a company specifies how decisions are to be made so that employees' behavior becomes predictable.
• E)the process of redesigning business processes to achieve dramatic improvements in performance, such as cost, quality, service, and speed.

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