A CEO at Widgets R Us takes a new opportunity at Create-A-Cart. The CEO knows the same matrix structure that worked at Widgets R Us ___ at Create-A-Cart because
A) will work; every organization emphasizes formal authority, order, fairness, and efficiency.
B) may not work; every organization faces its own set of unique problems and opportunities.
C) may not work; all organizations are not affected by situational contingencies such as task, technology, environment, and people.
D) will work; every organization has narrow spans of control and structures of the traditional pyramid form.
E) will work; all organizations have sufficient resources to jointly pursue mutual interests with another organization.

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Every organization faces its own set of unique problems and opportunities, and so there is no guarantee that a matrix structure that worked at one organization will work at another. Each organization has its own culture, resources, and situational contingencies that must be taken into account in order to develop an effective organizational structure.

A CEO at Widgets R Us Takes a New Opportunity