Different structures tend to give organizations different advantages. For each advantage, identify whether it is associated with a functional structure or divisional structure.

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Different structures also bring different disadvantages. For each disadvantage, identify whether it is associated with a functional structure or divisional structure.

Example of Disadvantage

Functional

Divisional

Structure

Structure

People in manufacturing communicate mostly with other manufacturing employees and relatively little with people in engineering and sales.

When the unit focusing on business$-$to$-$business $($B$2$B$)$ customers develops a new, highly effective customer$-$tracking system, this system is not shared with the unit focusing on individual retail customers.

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