As a Manager Working Directly Under the Company President, Chloe

Multiple Choice

As a manager working directly under the company president, Chloe has been given the assignment of transitioning the firm from a slow-moving bureaucracy to an agile, responsive organization. Chloe knows that the structure an organization adopts to accomplish agility will depend on its strategy, its customers, and its technology. Chloe's boss is considering forming a strategic alliance to enter a new market. In order to be successful at doing so, Chloe recommends that before moving forward with the strategic alliance, her boss must first

A) consider the other firm's area of expertise.
B) be certain he would remain the president.
C) develop a worldwide network with the other firm.
D) ensure that the other firm uses authority as he does.
E) find a decentralized organization with which to partner.