Broadview Company integrated certain important functions of Widget.com with Widget,while keeping other functions independent.To support this integration,the president of Widget 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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Widget used an ambidextrous organizational design to successfully reintegrate its independent online unit. The general manager of Widget.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.

Broadview Company Integrated Certain Important Functions of Widget