Honeywell Inc. reorganized its European operations along customer lines to prepare for a unified European Union. In doing so, it abandoned matrix departmentalization. Why would Honeywell engage in such restructuring?
A)to create pools of resources
B)to empower its employees
C)to better adhere to the management philosophy of staff authority
D)to improve its ability to handle complex tasks
E)to end conflict between product managers in different parts of its matrix

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By abandoning matrix departmentalization, Honeywell aimed to reduce conflicts between product managers that often arise in a matrix structure, thereby streamlining operations and improving efficiency.