The Primary Building Blocks Within a Company's Organizational Structure

question 30

Multiple Choice

The primary building blocks within a company's organizational structure

• A) are almost always the departments performing such key administrative support functions as finance,accounting,information technology,human resource management,and R&D.
• B) can include a functional or departmental structure that includes process,geographic,product,or customer groups performing one or more major processing steps along the value chain.
• C) typically consist of an un-empowered employee department,an empowered employee department,teams of front-line supervisors,teams of middle-level managers and administrators,and the group of top-level executives that comprise the company's "executive suite."
• D) usually consist of supply chain management,components manufacture,assembly,distribution,and administration.
• E) usually consist of two divisions-a division charged with performing primary value chain activities and a division charged with performing support activities.

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Recognize the importance of standardized tests in comparing children's performance nationally.

Grasp the purpose and methodology of correlational, descriptive, and experimental research.

Learn about the eclectic approach in psychology and its benefits over single-theory approaches.

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