Freer trade,advances in information technology,and more global customers are pressuring many large global companies to:
A)shift away from geographically based to more client-based divisionalized structures.
B)increase direct supervision as the main coordinating mechanism.
C)shift away from divisionalized structures into functional structures.
D)disband their team-based structures in favour of simple structures.
E)shift from functional structures to geographically based divisionalized structures.

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Freer trade and more global customers are prompting companies to focus on individual customer needs and preferences, which require a shift from traditional geographically-based structures to client-based divisionalized structures. Advances in information technology also enable companies to gather data and insights on individual customers, further supporting the shift towards a client-based structure.

Freer Trade,advances in Information Technology,and More Global Customers Are Pressuring