Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of functional departmentalization?
A)It allows work to be done by highly qualified specialists.
B)It lowers costs by reducing duplication.
C)It produces managers with broader experience and expertise.
D)It complicates coordination between departments.
E)It organizes workers into separate units responsible for performing particular business functions.

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Functional departmentalization groups employees based on their work roles and the tasks they perform for the organization. This structure tends to create departments such as marketing, finance, human resources, etc., where specialists in these areas work. While it has several advantages, such as operational efficiency and the development of specialist skills (A, B, E), and can lead to issues with inter-departmental coordination (D), it does not inherently produce managers with broader experience and expertise. In fact, it often results in managers and employees who are highly specialized in their functional areas rather than having a broad range of experience across different functions.

Which of the Following Is NOT a Characteristic of Functional