Private Suzette dreams of one day becoming a Sergeant Major in the Army. She realizes that it is a long road ahead of her to make her dream come true. After the rank of Sergeant E-2 to E-3 to E-4 to E-7, a soldier must have eight years of military service and forty-eight months of time-in-grade. She must have shown qualities of leadership to become a rank of E-7. After going through Master sergeant then there is only one Sergeant Major at the top. Of the literally MILLIONS of soldiers that will serve, only one will be the SMA! This scenario illustrates which organizing structure?
a. Departmentalization
b. Span of control
c. Chain of command
d. Specialization
c. Chain of command
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