52) AgriProducers provides services related to the testing of soil and crops. It

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52) AgriProducers provides services related to the testing of soil and crops. It also provides advice to its customers for improving the productivity of the soil and the quality of the crops. It has customers all over the United States. The crops and soil are different in the various large areas of the nation, such as the west coast and the midwest. Which type of departmentalization would be best for AgriProducers? A) functional B) process C) product D) geographic E) temporal 53) Some of the departments in Procter& Gamble are Tide, Pampers, Charmin, and Pringles. This is an example of departmentalization by A) function B) process C) geography D) product E) interest 54) Aeronautics Inc., a parts supplier, has departments for government aircraft and contracts, large commercial aircraft clients, and small personal aircraft clients. This is an example of departmentalization. A) product B) function C) geography D) customer E) service 55) You are the CEO of Apex Systems. You have decided to hire other organizations to perform y of the basic functions of your business. You have hired an accounting firm to keep your man records, a recruiting firm to handle human resource functions, and a computer firm to handle all records. To keep costs down, you are looking for other areas in which to outsource operations. You have chosen to operate your business as a A) matrix organization B) virtual organization C) highly centralized organization D) boundaryless organization E) bureaucracy

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Answer:

1. D.Geographic

Explanation:

The Crops and soil are different in various areas of nation so geography deals with the study of lands and its features.So geographic departmentalization would be suitable to study about soil and crops in different land areas

2 .D.Product

Explanation:

P&G produces produces various products like pampers,tide etc.So these are product line of P & G .Grouping of these activities is done by product departmentalization

3.D.Customer

Explanation:

Aeronautics has separate departments for each type of clients.So this grouping activity is based on the type of customers

4.B. virtual organization

Explanation:

The organization which outsources major business fucntions is known as virtual organization.Here apex systems also outsources all the functions to operate their business

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