Candoo Ltd.will soon flatten its hierarchy by removing two of the five layers of management.If the number of employees in the organization remains constant,which of the following must also occur?
A)It must adopt a matrix form of departmentalization.
B)It must widen the span of control.
C)It must rely more on direct supervision than standardization to coordinate the resulting structure.
D)It must centralize decision making.
E)All of these must occur.

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By removing two layers of management, the span of control of each manager will have to increase. This means that each manager will have to manage a larger number of employees, which leads to a wider span of control. The organization can still rely on standardization and other coordination mechanisms, and the decision-making process may remain decentralized, so options A, C, and D are not necessary.