You Assign Your Students a Project That Involves Developing a Business

question 23

Multiple Choice

You assign your students a project that involves developing a business plan for a retail chain. The retail chain will have 1000 employees and will serve customers both locally and internationally via a storefront and an Internet catalog. Which of the following organizational designs is least likely to be suitable for this retail store?

• A) matrix
• B) virtual
• C) bureaucracy
• D) team
• E) simple

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Definitions:

Injunction

A court order compelling a party to do or to refrain from doing a specified act.

Liquidated Damages

A pre-determined amount of money agreed upon in a contract, paid as compensation for failure to perform certain obligations by the stipulated deadline.

Earthquake

A sudden and violent shaking of the ground, sometimes causing great destruction, as a result of movements within the earth's crust or volcanic action.

Prohibitively Expensive

Costs that are so high they discourage or prevent an individual or entity from purchasing a service or product or undertaking an action.