Match each characteristic with the organizational structure element it is most correctly associated with.

Strategic business

unit

Match each of the options above to the items below.

This organizational structure typically creates a duplication of area experts.

Responsibility for all activities are assigned to an area manager who reports directly to the chief executive officer.

Users of this organizational structure typically have a narrow and highly integrated product mix.

Individual managers will have a multiple reporting relationship.

An organizational form in which units are defined as though they were distinct, independent entities.