A large pharmaceutical company recently adopted a structure in order to give its top managers more responsibility and flexibility. The company is now structured around five customer groupings: major healthcare provider networks, individual consumers, small and mid-sized pharmacies, military bases and government employee facilities, and public clinics. Which of the following organizational structures has this company created?
A) client-based
B) geographic
C) functional
D) product
E) simple

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When organizations have a number of very large customers or groups of customers that all act in a similar way, they might organize their businesses around serving those customers.

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