Consultants Exceptional (CE) has hired you to develop training materials for their consultants. Your first assignment is to develop a training program that helps their consultants to analyze and understand the organizational structure of the company that they are assisting. CE believes that in order to adequately evaluate and understand a client company, consultants need to understand the basic organizational structure of the company. Consultants are then able to recommend actions and changes based on the company's structure.
-The Acme Products case study notes that the senior management at Acme is concerned because the company takes so long to bring new products to market. Which of the following approaches would your trainees identify as most likely to help resolve this problem?
A) reduction of cross-functional work teams
B) decentralization of the decision-making process
C) decreased work specialization
D) decreased formalization of policies and procedures
E) reduced diversity within the company's work force

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Decentralization of the decision-making process would allow for faster and more efficient decision-making, which could help resolve the problem of slow product development. This approach would empower lower-level employees to make decisions, rather than waiting for approval from senior management. Reduction of cross-functional work teams, decreased work specialization, decreased formalization of policies and procedures, and reduced diversity within the company's work force may not directly address the issue of slow product development.

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