Scenario A.Everyday Fashions Corp.is a clothing manufacturer.It has marketing,production,and finance departments,with a manager who heads each of the departments.Beatrice,the CEO,distributes the various organizational tasks to each manager by assigning authority and responsibility.Each manager has ten subordinates who are required to report to him or her.Each department works on its set of tasks in the organization.Beatrice is the top manager,followed by the department heads,and lastly the supervisors.All the managers are accountable to Beatrice alone.
-In Scenario A,Beatrice is the top manager,followed by managers of each department,and then the supervisors.This is an example of

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The scenario describes a clear hierarchy, with Beatrice at the top, followed by the department heads, and then the supervisors. The term "hierarchy" refers to a system of authority in which individuals are ranked according to power, with higher-ranking individuals having control over lower-ranking individuals.