Which of the following is true of centralized and decentralized authority?

A. Most organizations either tend to have a completely centralized or a completely decentralized authority depending on the type of organizational structure.
B. An organization cannot make changes in the degree to which it decentralizes or centralizes authority depending on its strategic plan and goals.
C. Organizations that share relatively little authority are said to be decentralized, and those that share a lot of authority are said to be centralized.
D. Supervisors who know whether their employer has a centralized or decentralized structure understand how much authority they can expect to have.


Answer: D

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