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1. Beaulieu's Bags Corp. is a briefcase manufacturer. It has a marketing, production, and finance department, with a manager who heads each of the departments. Yvette, the CEO, distributes the various organizational tasks to each manager by assigning authority and responsibility. Each manager has ten subordinates who are required to report to him or her. Each department works on its set of tasks in the organization. Yvette is the top manager, followed by the department heads, and lastly the supervisors. All the managers are accountable to Yvette alone. In Scenario A, each manager has ten supervisors who are required to report to him or her. This is an example of

concentration.

delegation.

corporate governance.

unity of command.

span of control.

2. Agatone Inc. is a manufacturer of musical instruments. The corporation has a production, marketing, accounting, and finance department. They have a department that makes instruments for professional musicians, and a department that produces instruments for beginners. Elena works in the production department manufacturing instrument parts. She reports to the production manager and her project manager. Mario works in the accounting department and manages public relations too. The organization requires all the employees to wear the corporation's t-shirt as part of the uniform. There are also specific procedures that the employees are instructed on and must follow while manufacturing the instruments. Which of the following departmentalization structures does Agatone Inc. utilize?

Process

Conglomerate

Matrix

Geographic divisional

Virtual