Hester's manufacturing software company is doing better than it ever has and just a year ago it was floundering. Prior to a year ago, she'd been part of a team of manufacturing software experts working on customer problems. Progress was slow as projects moved through department after department. When a new owner purchased the company, the company was reorganized, and she now works on a team that is made up of software engineers, finance people, marketing, and customer relations. Productivity and reaction time to customer needs increased dramatically. What structure was Hester now a part of under the new ownership? a. Permanent teams b. Cross-functional teams c. Autocratic structures d. Centralized structures

If a company’s employees are angry about their work, a visiting auditor may also become agitated, illustrating the power of

Factors like the unemployment rate, the stock market, global trade, economic policy, and the economic situation of other countries have no influence on the financial status of individuals. ( t or f)

When paul o’neill joined alcoa as ceo, he set a , that there would be zero workplace accidents. a lot of people in the organization thought this was impossible given how dangerous some aluminum-manufacturing jobs are, but alcoa’s safety record improved tremendously. as the board of governors of the american red cross considers planning, one option is to make strategic plans and then direct managers to align tactical and operational plans accordingly. another option is to have planning specialists managers across the organization make their own plans. why might this organization’s executives opt for the latter approach? check all that apply. (a) the environment is a dynamic one, and department and frontline managers can come up with more responsive plans than can central leadership. (b)resources will be better coordinated across the organization in support of the overall strategy.(c) senior leadership will have more control over the organization’s direction. (d)when managers come up with their own plans, they are likely to be more committed to following through on them.