M: Organizational Behavior 2nd Edition by Steven McShane, Mary Von Glinow

Exercise 55

An organization that wants to compete through innovation should:
A) adopt an organic structure and make extensive use of informal communication to coordinate work.
B) switch to a cost leadership strategy as quickly as possible.
C) coordinate employees by writing up formal rules and procedures.
D) centralize by typically giving the decision making authority to those at the top of the organizational hierarchy and formalize its organizational structure.
E) adopt a mechanistic structure with functional departmentalization.