Mike Morrell Is a Production Supervisor in Porco Rosso, an Aircraft

question 95

Multiple Choice

Mike Morrell is a production supervisor in Porco Rosso, an aircraft manufacturing firm. After evaluating Mike's managerial capabilities, some members of the senior management feel that average productivity would improve if more workers were assigned to him. However, some managers are skeptical about Mike's ability to handle more workers.
-A ________ is consistent with recent efforts by companies to reduce costs, cut overhead, speed up decision making, increase flexibility, get closer to customers, and empower employees.

• A) wider span of control
• B) high degree of formalization
• C) longer chain of command
• D) lack of work specialization
• E) high degree of centralization

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