Quality Paper Products utilizes a structure that includes functional divisions,such as accounting and production,and a divisional chain of command,such as the home products and office divisions.For example,Mariana,a salesperson,reported to both her sales manager and the office products manager when she first started working on the city of Springfield account.Quality Paper Products has a
A)geographic-divisional structure.
B)matrix structure.
C)team-based approach.
D)modular structure.
E)hollow structure.

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Quality Paper Products utilizes a matrix structure, which is characterized by functional divisions as well as divisional chains of command. The example given in the question of Mariana reporting to both a sales manager and a divisional manager is indicative of a matrix structure.

Quality Paper Products Utilizes a Structure That Includes Functional Divisions,such