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Alberta Gold Energy Corporation (Scenario)
Alberta Gold Energy Corporation (AGEC)began as a relatively small oil company.However,through the years it has grown to become an international corporation.Its founder and president,Joe Polanski,reflects on how the company's structure has evolved over the years.
-Joe Polanski decided to purchase an oil-drilling supply company in another country.The purchase was classified as related diversification,but distance and the differences in the product line suggested that it should continue to be operated as a separate company.AGEC was now organized under two separate business units and therefore had a ________ structure.
A)simple
B)functional
C)divisional
D)matrix

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A divisional structure is characterized by organizing a company's resources according to the particular division in which they are used or to which they are assigned. In this scenario, AGEC has organized its resources into two separate business units, suggesting a divisional structure.

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