In the Lawrence and Lorsch Study,the Most Successful Container Manufacturing

question 162

Multiple Choice

In the Lawrence and Lorsch study,the most successful container manufacturing firms adopted mechanistic structures because

• A)their managers felt that this was the most sensible way to deal with an uncertain environment and high differentiation.
• B)organic structures were too costly to implement.
• C)they faced a fairly certain environment and were fairly undifferentiated.
• D)decision-making power was already decentralized to be where the appropriate knowledge existed.
• E)they utilized non-routine and intensive technologies.

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