Lito works for a business that is part of a large corporation with many diverse business lines that operate autonomously. Lito’s group designs and manufactures playground equipment, but the corporation also owns asphalt paving companies, a producer of modular housing, a small amusement park, and a real estate firm. Given this, it seems likely that the parent corporation that owns this diverse portfolio of businesses uses a ______ structure.
a. matrix
b. divisional
c. conglomerate
d. modular
c. conglomerate
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