Gannett Company integrated certain important functions of USA Today.com with USA Today, while keeping other functions independent.To support this integration, the president of USA Today shifted compensation incentives for both senior teams to accomplish joint goals rather than to focus solely on each business unit's performance.This scenario best exemplifies a(n)_____.
A) multidivisional structure
B) organic organization
C) simple structure
D) ambidextrous organization

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As discussed in Strategy Highlight 11.2, USA Today used an ambidextrous organizational design to successfully reintegrate its independent online unit. The general manager of USA Today.com put in place an ambidextrous organizational structure, keeping the online unit somewhat independent but integrating important functions at the top through joint editorial meetings and senior management teams.

Gannett Company Integrated Certain Important Functions of USA Today