Question

Cup N Cone Inc., a graphic design firm, has offices in New York, Texas, California, New Mexico, and New Jersey. Each of these offices is headed by a president who reports directly to Marvin Grey, the CEO. The heads of the centralized HR, Finance, and Marketing teams report to Marvin Grey as well. Managers in the various offices also report to the CEO directly. Based on this information, which of the following statements is most likely to be true?

A) Cup N Cone Inc. is a mechanistic organization.B) Cup N Cone Inc. has a tall hierarchical structure.C) Marvin Grey is underworked.D) Marvin Grey has a wide span of control.

Answer 1

D) Marvin Grey has a wide span of control.

Step-by-step explanation:

A CEO has wide span of control if his employees as well as his subordinate managers are being supervised by him and they also report directly to him. In wide span of control, they are few levels of management and it is not expensive to implement.

A mechanistic organization is an organization with a centralized authority and have formalized procedures and practices. Employees are assigned with separate tasks.

A tall hierarchical structure is an organization broken down to different portions each having a manager responsible for controlling the operations in that portion

Answer 2

Wide span of control

Step-by-step explanation:

Span of control is determined by the number of employees or subordinates that a manager supervises. In a wide span control , the manager supervises many employees while in a narrow span , the manger supervises a few.

Looking at the number of employees that report to Marvin Grey , from the Presidents of the branches , to the central head of Finance and the marketing teams and other managers , we can point out that Marvin Grey has a wide span of control