The arrangement linking a number of independent organizations involved in some common undertaking, with one firm typically in a more central role:.
1. Consists of a central executive (often the owner-manager) who handles all major decisions and oversees al operations with the help of a small staff
2. An entity organized into functional departments, with departmental managers who report to the CEO and small corporate staff
3. A set of operating divisions organized along business, product, customer group, or geographic lines and a central corporate headquarters
4. A combination structure that overlays one type of structure onto another type, with multiple reporting

After discussing the options, the strategic management team has agreed that the pod coffee idea works well with the company's mission statement and decides that the company should move forward in exploring the pod coffee idea. in order to make sure that the pod coffee idea is a good one, and to see if there are other potential future endeavors to pursue, you must analyze the market situation and formulate a strategy. your boss asks you to start working on the pod coffee idea. what is your first stepa. your first step is to formulate a strategy for how to market the pod coffee concept. b. your first step is to consult with your boss and find out what he thinks about the pod coffee idea. c. your first step is to do some research to find out what your competitors are doing. d. your first step is to analyze the organization's strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats.

The board of directors is the highest ranking body in a corporation, and the chairman of the board is the highest ranking individual. the ceo generally works under the board and its chairman, and the board generally has the authority to remove the ceo under certain conditions. the ceo, however, cannot remove the board, but he or she can endeavor to have the board voted out and a new board voted in should a conflict arise. it is possible for a person to simultaneously serve as ceo and chairman of the board, though many corporate control experts believe it is bad to vest both offices in the same person. true false

At a roundabout, you must yield to a. already in the roundaboutb. entering the roundaboutc. only if their turn signal is ond. only if they honk at you