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Harbour Hire serves business clients while changing promotion; the case evidence includes supplier lead time of ?6,355, sales of 620 units, and a 36% change in costs or demand. Which option best applies Explain how tall and flat structures affect management?
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Topic
Organisational structures
Question
- A. Use management, affect, tall, flat to judge gross profit margin, employees impact, and the business objective in Structures and communication.
- B. Give only a definition of Organisational structures without using the case evidence.
- C. Treat gross and net profit as identical and ignore the effect on employees.
- D. Choose the largest sales figure without checking costs, finance, or context.
Answer
The correct option is: Use management, affect, tall, flat to judge gross profit margin, employees impact, and the business objective in Structures and communication.
Explanation
This is the best-supported choice because Use management, affect, tall, flat to judge gross profit margin, employees impact, and the business objective in Structures and communication. The case evidence gives ?7,855, 620 units, and 36%, so the answer must explain the commercial effect rather than repeat a definition. The distractors are weaker because they confuse gross and net profit, miss the employees, or ignore the business objective.
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