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 favor of simple structures.
E)shift from functional structures to geographically-based divisionalized structures.

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Freer trade, advances in information technology, and more global customers are pressuring many large global companies to shift away from geographically-based to more client-based divisionalized structures.This shift away from geographic and toward product or client-based divisional structures reflects the trend toward the globally integrated enterprise.

Freer Trade, Advances in Information Technology, and More Global Customers