Creative thinking, adaptability, and collaboration are part of human

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Creative thinking, adaptability, and collaboration are part of human nature. Unfortunately, however, the hierarchical structures at workplaces unwittingly discourage these traits. Paradoxically, the preeminent organizational strategy designed to maximize efficient productivity may actually be detrimental. The long-term success of a corporation requires flexibility and new ideas to respond to ever-evolving political, social, and economic conditions.

Becoming a “flat organization” will best ensure a company’s survival. Such enterprises abolish middle management structures and instead assign most workers to the same level, with only a few superiors. In doing so, corporations must reconsider their view of employees: rather than workers reporting to a manager responsible for making decisions, non-hierarchical committees share in a decentralized decision-making process. Collaboration is encouraged and innovation is rewarded; new ideas can be implemented more quickly without requiring the traditional levels of ascension through middle management. Limiting specialization in job titles fosters flexibility as workers can take on a variety of roles depending on individual project needs, which leads to an increase in employee learning. Simply put, leaders in flat organizations have the responsibility to construct organizations in which members maximize their abilities and directly contribute to the company’s success.    1 
 1. Which of the following could best serve as an example of how a company might become a flat organization, as such organizations are described in the passage?

A. Outsourcing middle management to a separate company
B. Abolishing job titles and rotating responsibility for leading meetings
C. Denoting specific guidelines for approval of new ideas
D. Hiring a specialist for each stage of a project’s completion
E. Assigning each employee another employee to oversee

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 2. The primary purpose of the passage is

A. to compare various corporate organizational strategies
B. explain and endorse an alternative business structure
C. propose a traditional corporate approach
D. evaluate and then criticize a new method of conducting business
E. acknowledge the similarities between two management theories

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 3. Which of the following can be inferred from the passage about hierarchical workplaces?

They may result in a delayed approval process for new ideas.
They often contain more middle managers than upper managers.
They maximize efficiency by promoting specialization.
They are more beneficial for larger companies than for smaller companies.
They do not allow employees to have flexible roles.

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chrisgeo · Answer

answer for Q3 please  Sajjad1994

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Official Explanation

3. Which of the following can be inferred from the passage about hierarchical workplaces?

Difficulty Level:   650-700

Explanation

The subject of the question is  hierarchical workplaces  and the task of the question is referenced by the word  inferred . This is an inference question. Determine what the passage says about hierarchical workplaces. The passage says these structures  unwittingly discourage traits such as creative thinking, adaptability, and collaboration  and that they are  designed to maximize efficient productivity but may actually be detrimental . Evaluate the answer choices individually, looking for one that reflects these descriptions. Choice (A) is a good paraphrase of the information in the passage as delayed approval processes for new ideas is not adaptable. Additionally, more streamlined approval processes is listed as one of the benefits of flat structures that is not present in hierarchical structures. Keep (A).

Choice (B)  is a no-such comparison answer as the passage does not compare the number of middle and upper managers. Eliminate (B).

Choice (C)  uses recycled language to maximize efficiency. This is used to describe the intention of hierarchical structures but is not related to promoting specialization. Eliminate (C).

Choice (D)  is a no-such comparison answer as the passage does not compare large and small companies. Eliminate (D).

Choice (E)  contains extreme language do not allow. While the passage suggests hierarchical structures make it more difficult to have flexible roles, it does not state that flexible roles are not allowed. Eliminate (E).

The correct answer is (A).

roh1714 · Answer

1. Which of the following could best serve as an example of how a company might become a flat organization, as such organizations are described in the passage?

A. Outsourcing middle management to a separate company
B. Abolishing job titles and rotating responsibility for leading meetings- CORRECT, as stated in the passage
C. Denoting specific guidelines for approval of new ideas
D. Hiring a specialist for each stage of a project’s completion
E. Assigning each employee another employee to oversee

ANS- B

2. The primary purpose of the passage is

A. to compare various corporate organizational strategies- no comparing is done
B. explain and endorse an alternative business structure- CORRECT
C. propose a traditional corporate approach- opposite 
D. evaluate and then criticize a new method of conducting business- opposite
E. acknowledge the similarities between two management theories- nonsense

ANS- B

3. Which of the following can be inferred from the passage about hierarchical workplaces?

hint(s): Creative thinking, adaptability, and collaboration are part of human nature. Unfortunately, however, the hierarchical structures at workplaces unwittingly discourage these traits.

Collaboration is encouraged and innovation is rewarded; new ideas can be implemented more quickly without requiring the traditional levels of ascension through middle management.

(A)They may result in a delayed approval process for new ideas- CORRECT
(B)They often contain more middle managers than upper managers
(C)They maximize efficiency by promoting specialization
(D)They are more beneficial for larger companies than for smaller companies
(E)They do not allow employees to have flexible roles

ANS- A

roh1714 · Answer

1. Which of the following could best serve as an example of how a company might become a flat organization, as such organizations are described in the passage?

A. Outsourcing middle management to a separate company
B. Abolishing job titles and rotating responsibility for leading meetings-  CORRECT , as stated in the passage
C. Denoting specific guidelines for approval of new ideas
D. Hiring a specialist for each stage of a project’s completion
E. Assigning each employee another employee to oversee

ANS- B

2. The primary purpose of the passage is

A. to compare various corporate organizational strategies- no comparing is done
B. explain and endorse an alternative business structure-  CORRECT 
C. propose a traditional corporate approach- opposite 
D. evaluate and then criticize a new method of conducting business- opposite
E. acknowledge the similarities between two management theories- nonsense

ANS- B

3. Which of the following can be inferred from the passage about hierarchical workplaces?

hint(s): Creative thinking, adaptability, and collaboration are part of human nature. Unfortunately, however, the hierarchical structures at workplaces unwittingly discourage these traits.

Collaboration is encouraged and innovation is rewarded; new ideas can be implemented more quickly without requiring the traditional levels of ascension through middle management.

(A)They may result in a delayed approval process for new ideas-  CORRECT 
(B)They often contain more middle managers than upper managers
(C)They maximize efficiency by promoting specialization
(D)They are more beneficial for larger companies than for smaller companies
(E)They do not allow employees to have flexible roles

ANS- A

Creative thinking, adaptability, and collaboration are part of human

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