Question

Scenario
b. at a business convention, you meet the managers of many organizations. you find that they hold different job titles. paul is the vice president for human resources at his company and amanda is the regional vice president for eastern united states at her firm. derek is the coordinator for sales and he reports to his marketing supervisor, as well as, to his department supervisor. in the context of scenario b above, paul works for a _____ organization.

Answer 1

This is a functional organization. This type of business has job titles and positions that are all specialized based upon specific roles. In addition, the hierarchy of the organization is structured so that the people that a person reports to also has expertise in the same field, so as to encourage continuity by all involved.