As organizations grow and move towards a decentralized model, one goal will often be to empower employees. One way that this is accomplished is by creating responsibility centers and assigning managers to oversee the operations of a particular area of expertise. Which of the following represents an inaccurate representation of a responsibility center?
A) Aliyah, an owner and president of a retail store, appoints John to be the manager of the garden center at the store.
B) Arthur oversees the marketing department for a local sports bar, and he asks another employee to work on social media posts.
C) Samantha, a manager, runs the payroll processing department and reports to a regional manager.
D) The president of the organization will oversee all business units and delegate few tasks to managers.

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This question requires familiarity with the way that responsibility centers work and how they are set up. Choice D is the only choice of the four that describes an inaccurate representation of what a responsibility center should be. Choice D is more in line with what would be observed in a centralized management system where business units are not used. The other three choices represent an appropriate use of a business unit where a manager is in charge of one area and can delegate tasks as needed.

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