Product Departmentalization Has the Disadvantages That ____ and Administrative Cost

question 19

Multiple Choice

Product departmentalization has the disadvantages that ____ and administrative cost is increased.

• A) decision making is slowed
• B) performance of individual product lines is hard to assess
• C) managers often fail to focus on what is good for the organization as a whole
• D) experts are concentrated in one area
• E) the organization must have skilled specialists to deal with each client group

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