Last week at Happy Trails Financial Services Company, all financial advisors who serve more than 150 clients each received a notice from the VP of Operations that every client's investment portfolio should consist of 50% individual stock purchases, 25% bonds, and 25% property. Advisors were ordered to review all client portfolios for compliance to this directive. Clearly, Happy Trails is an inverted organization because management directives such as the one described are very common.

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An inverted organization typically refers to a structure where decision-making is decentralized and employees have more autonomy, which is contrary to the top-down directive described in the scenario.

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