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You are the CEO of a small firm that manufactures office furniture. The decision-making authority in your firm rests almost entirely with you and your closest associates. You introduce a set of rules and procedures designed to induce predictable and accountable behaviors among employees. Your firm has a(n) ________ structure.

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Answer: The answer is "mechanistic".

Your firm has a "mechanistic" structure.

Explanation: The mechanistic organization, emphasizes the rules and tries to imitate the standardized operation of a machine. In this type of organization people have little autonomy and there is no room to improvise. Thus, the adoption of the chain of command principle allows the existence of a hierarchy of formal authority, where each person is controlled and supervised by a single superior.

Organizations that follow this model tend to be impersonal, rigid, and regulated.

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