CASE
Scenario - Xavier King
Xavier is a veteran manager with Pixel International, Inc. (PII). Recently PII purchased a small business in the printing industry. Xavier has been assigned the task of managing this new acquisition and is currently deciding how best to design its structure. Currently, employees are assigned to one of three departments, including sales, production, and legal defense.
-Current departmentalization of Xavier's new division can be characterized primarily as
A) vertical functional.
B) divisional.
C) horizontal matrix.
D) team-based.
E) none of these.

Question

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

The current departmentalization is vertical functional because employees are grouped into departments based on their specific functions or roles, such as sales, production, and legal defense.

CASE Scenario - Xavier King