Laura is the CEO of her company. There are about 25 people in her company as a whole. She manages a team consisting of departments called sales and marketing, accounting, technology, human resources, and administration. Even though her company is relatively small, she has to be careful of the lack of communication between the departments because of their tendency to work apart from each other. Laura works in which type of organizational structure?

A) divisional
B) simple
C) matrix
D) functional

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Suheyl Godinez · Accepted Answer

Final Answer : D, Explanation :  Laura's company is organized into departments based on functions such as sales and marketing, accounting, technology, human resources, and administration. This indicates a functional organizational structure, where the organization is divided into smaller groups based on specialized functional areas.

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