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Organizational structures (Connect, Perform) C & J Construction employees report to two managers—one for their job specialty and one for their current project

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Organizational structures (Connect, Perform)

C & J Construction employees report to two managers—one for their job specialty and one for their current project. For example, Joe is a surveyor. He reports to an engineering manager and also to the manager for his current project: Highway 8A. Here is the organizational chart showing the structure or departmentalization for C & J Construction:

C & J Construction has a matrix  structure.

1) Which of the following characteristics would you expect C & J Construction to have? Check all that apply.

2) The CEO of C & J Construction is considering moving to a virtual network structure. What would be the best reason to make such a move?

3)What problem might the CEO expect if the company switches to a virtual network structure?