Large companies that produce many different products flowing into many different geographic and customer markets usually employ some combination of the ________,________,________ and ________ forms of department organisation.
A)product;functional;customer;offshore
B)product;relationship;partnership;operations
C)functional;geographic;product;market
D)global;regional;local;decentralised
E)centralised;top-down;bottom-up;global management

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Large companies that produce many different products flowing into many different geographic and customer markets usually employ a functional department structure, a geographic department structure, a product department structure, and a market department structure. The functional structure groups employees by their job function or expertise, while the geographic structure groups employees according to their geographic location. The product structure groups employees based on the products they work on, while the market structure groups employees by the types of customers they serve. Therefore, the answer is C.

Large Companies That Produce Many Different Products Flowing into Many