Franklin Inc. encourages its employees at all levels to provide ideas, opinions, and support the process of decision making. This indicates that the firm has a(n) ___.

A) decentralized system
B) centralized system
C) bureaucratic structure
D) formal structure
E) mechanistic design

Encouraging all employees to provide ideas and opinions indicates a decentralized system, where decision-making is not concentrated at the top level of the organization but rather involves input from all levels. A centralized system would involve decision-making being concentrated at the top level, with little opportunity for input from lower levels. Bureaucratic and formal structures are not necessarily related to the issue of decision-making, while a mechanistic design refers to a specific type of organizational structure that is not necessarily related to decentralization.