Question

During a meeting, tammy, a branch manager for usa bank, pointed to the corporate organization chart on the wall. tammy remarked that "these people provide advice, recommendations, and research for us, and they are indicated with a dotted line. laura (our ceo) and the vice presidents of our organization are up here, indicated on the organization chart by a solid line vertical line." _______ are indicated on the organization chart by a solid line ____, and ______ are indicated by a dotted line

Answer 1

Tammy is indicating that the company executives or the senior management team is represented by the solid like that is vertical. On the other hand, it is the consultants that are indicated by a dotted line because these are the people that provide advice, recommendations and do research-- exactly what a consultant or business advisor does.