Question

Galaxy Toys Inc., a toy manufacturing company, encourages its employees to enjoy their work by taking on additional responsibilities or switching jobs with each other. It allows its employees immense flexibility in charting their own career path within the organization. Chris has worked at Galaxy Toys for eight years, but has never had a boss or supervised an employee. Which of the following is most likely true in this scenario?

A) Galaxy Toys Inc. is a mechanistic organization.B) Galaxy Toys Inc. has a flat organizational structure.C) Galaxy Toys Inc. has a high degree of centralization.D) Galaxy Toys' organizational culture is governed by codified rules.

Answer 1

The answer is: B) Galaxy Toys Inc. has a flat organizational structure.

Step-by-step explanation:

The main difference between flat organizational structures and traditional structures is:

Traditional organizational structures usually have a pyramid shape (many layers of supervisors) where decision making processes are usually centralized upwards.

While flat organizations usually extend horizontally with very few layers of supervisors and staff level employees have a larger participation in decision making processes.