5. Organizations in which new product groups are often created, a structure that combines functional and product departmentation and creates dual lines of authority would be optimal. The best structure for this organization would be

A.Professional bureaucracy.

B.Mechanistic.

C.Matrix.

D.Machine bureaucracy.

C yes. A matrix organization is characterized by vertical and horizontal lines of authority because the product manager borrows specialists from various functions who continue to report to their functional managers. Thus, the resulting arrangement is a hybrid of functional and product departmentation. The advantage is flexibility and rapidity of response to new conditions. The disadvantage is violation of the unity-of-command concept.

A no. A professional bureaucracy is a structure with high complexity and low formalization in which highly trained specialists have great autonomy.

B no. a mechanistic structure is complex, formal, and centralized. It adheres to the unity-of-command concept.

D no. same as B.