As a Response to a Rapidly Changing Marketplace, Idea Electronics

Multiple Choice

As a response to a rapidly changing marketplace, Idea Electronics found it necessary to reorganize, including a significant downsize of its middle management. This action will likely result in ___________

A) acquiring additional firms
B) flattening the organization and empowering employees, allowing them to get closer to the customer
C) increasing the size of its traditional departments to handle 24/7 operations
D) centralizing its decision making to better control its total quality management program