As a Response to a Rapidly Changing Marketplace, Idea Electronics

question 239

Multiple Choice

As a response to a rapidly changing marketplace, Idea Electronics found it necessary to reorganize, including a significant downsize of its middle management. This action will likely result in ___________

• A) acquiring additional firms
• B) flattening the organization and empowering employees, allowing them to get closer to the customer
• C) increasing the size of its traditional departments to handle 24/7 operations
• D) centralizing its decision making to better control its total quality management program