A Company Recently Made Changes to Its Organizational Structure

question 12

Multiple Choice

A company recently made changes to its organizational structure. While deciding upon the changes to be implemented, the company invited many employees to discuss the issue with the senior management. This enabled the employees to hear the relevant arguments both for the chosen alternative and against the rejected alternatives. An advantage of using employees in the group discussion was that

• A) the employees dominated the discussions and promoted their ideas.
• B) the phenomenon of groupthink was encouraged.
• C) the satisficing method of decision making was employed.
• D) goal displacement was furthered.
• E) the employees understood why the decision was made.

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