Multiple Choice
Which of the following statements is true?
A) Ideally, employees should receive their assignments from only one person, because this will help them to avoid feeling conflicted and confused about whose directions should take priority.
B) A matrix organisation need not necessarily go against the unity of command principle, provided each manager manages clearly defined, and different, aspects of a person's job.
C) Only employees who are comfortable dealing with the uncertainty involved in reporting to more than one person should receive their assignments from more than one manager.
D) There is the potential for ambiguity and conflicting priorities where an employee reports to two or more managers.
E) All of these responses are correct.
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Q3: Once work has been assigned and the
Q4: When would be the ideal time or
Q5: When assigning work, a manager's ultimate goal
Q6: Assigning work in a directive or explicit
Q8: Rather than telling workers how to carry
Q9: Which one of the following is suitable
Q10: Every task or duty that is assigned
Q11: If you were delegated an assignment, but
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