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StyleHub serves small retailers while taking a loan; the case evidence includes capacity utilisation of ?8,940, sales of 690 units, and a 33% 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 capacity utilisation, customers impact, and the business objective in Structures and communication.
- B. Give only a definition of Organisational structures without using the case evidence.
- C. Treat break-even and profit as identical and ignore the effect on customers.
- D. Choose the largest sales figure without checking costs, finance, or context.
Answer
The correct option is: Use management, affect, tall, flat to judge capacity utilisation, customers impact, and the business objective in Structures and communication.
Explanation
Choose this response because Use management, affect, tall, flat to judge capacity utilisation, customers impact, and the business objective in Structures and communication. The case evidence gives ?10,440, 690 units, and 33%, so the answer must explain the commercial effect rather than repeat a definition. The distractors are weaker because they confuse break-even and profit, miss the customers, or ignore the business objective.
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