Potential Disadvantages of Functional Structures Include All of the Following

question 197

Multiple Choice

Potential disadvantages of functional structures include all of the following except

• A) difficulties in pinpointing responsibilities for cost containment, product or service quality, timeliness, and innovation.
• B) provides for clear career paths.
• C) sense of cooperation and common purpose tends to break down.
• D) narrow view of performance objectives.
• E) too many decisions referred upward in the organizational hierarchy.

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Definitions:

Oculomotor Nerve

The third cranial nerve that controls most of the eye's movements, the constriction of the pupil, and maintains an open eyelid.

Trochlear Nerve

Cranial nerve IV, to the muscle (superior oblique) turning around a pulley.

Occipital Lobe

The region of the brain located at the back of the head, responsible for processing visual information.

Limbic System

A complex system of nerves and networks in the brain, involving several areas near the edge of the cortex concerned with instinct and mood. It controls the basic emotions (fear, pleasure, anger) and drives (hunger, sex, dominance, care of offspring).