Linda,a marketing analyst at Chase Manufacturing,has been assigned to work on a new project team that includes employees from engineering,accounting,and manufacturing teams.Linda will continue to report to the marketing manager,and she will also report to the team leader for the new project team.Thus,she would be a part of a functional group as well as a project team.It would appear that Chase Manufacturing has a(n)________ organizational structure.
A) matrix
B) flat
C) informal
D) line
E) network

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A) Matrix structure refers to a structure in which employees are assigned to both a functional group and a project team (thus using functional and divisional patterns simultaneously).

Linda,a Marketing Analyst at Chase Manufacturing,has Been Assigned to Work