The managers of Trendy, a large department store, decide to have a sale. The store manager works with the advertising department to make the public aware of the sale, with department managers to schedule enough salespeople to handle the increased customer traffic, and with merchandise buyers to ensure that enough merchandise is available to meet expected consumer demand. What does this scenario say about organizational structure?
A) An organizational structure develops when managers get people to work together to achieve the firm's objectives.
B) Having an organizational structure results in duplication of work effort.
C) A store, like Trendy, doesn't need an organizational structure to have a sale.
D) Developing appropriate organizational structures is easy for managers.
E) Having an organizational structure is more trouble than it's worth.

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Rarely is an organization, or any group of individuals working together, able to achieve common objectives without some form of structure, whether that structure is explicitly defined or only implied. An organization's structure develops when managers assign work tasks and activities to specific individuals or work groups and coordinate the diverse activities required to reach the firm's objectives.

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