Which of the Following Statements About the Adhocracy Design for E-Businesses

question 7

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements about the adhocracy design for e-businesses is NOT correct?

• A)Many e-businesses adopted a variation of the adhocracy as their design pattern because the thinking was that e-business was fundamentally different from the old bricks and mortar operations.
• B)There are limits on the size of an effective adhocracy.
• C)Managers of e-businesses forgot two important liabilities of the adhocracy as the firms grew.
• D)The actual delivery of products and services requires continual innovation more than responsiveness to clients and maintaining efficiency.
• E)The adhocracy design enabled the e-businesses companies to have great Web sites,but they were grossly inefficient.

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