Product Departmentalization Has the Disadvantages That ____ and Administrative Cost

Multiple Choice

Product departmentalization has the disadvantages that ____ and administrative cost is increased.

A) decision making is slowed
B) performance of individual product lines is hard to assess
C) managers often fail to focus on what is good for the organization as a whole
D) experts are concentrated in one area
E) the organization must have skilled specialists to deal with each client group