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Firm organization

A firm with multiple offices is experiencing the drawbacks of its method of organization because each of its employees appears to have two supervisors, leading to ambiguity of roles, direction and responsibilities. An employee working in the firm's healthcare group in one city is lead by a healthcare boss in a different location, but the employee sits in an office lead by a local principal. Which of the following common organizational structures, when poorly implemented, might lead to this dilemma?
A. Organized around project types
B. Organized around geography
C. Organized around studios
D. Matrix Organization
E. Organized around services
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