Sunset Foods relies on a highly centralized functional structure to ensure consistency in the quality and taste of its products and to drive down costs via process innovations. However, as a consequence of its highly compartmentalized structure, the firm has found it difficult to transfer information and ideas from one department to the next. With the launch of its new line of breakfast foods coming up, how can Sunset improve its ability to collaborate without sacrificing the benefits of its current structure? a. By establishing cross-functional teams b. By switching to a competitive M-form structure c. By decreasing managers span of control d. By switching to a simple structure

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Gianni Dougherty

14 June, 14:09

Sunset Foods relies on a highly centralized functional structure to ensure consistency in the quality and taste of its products and to drive down costs via process innovations. However, as a consequence of its highly compartmentalized structure, the firm has found it difficult to transfer information and ideas from one department to the next. With the launch of its new line of breakfast foods coming up, how can Sunset improve its ability to collaborate without sacrificing the benefits of its current structure? a. By establishing cross-functional teams b. By switching to a competitive M-form structure c. By decreasing managers span of control d. By switching to a simple structure

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Jake Hogan · Answer 1

a. By establishing cross-functional teams.

Explanation:

Cross functional teams are the ones in which there are people from different departments. In this people from different departments works on the same common goal as set by the management to be achieved by the organization.

As the company has been working in the centralized functional structure, that means all the major decisions were taken by the executive management personnel, and accordingly the company can even in the establishment of cross functional team, can make this possible.

As all together each department will be working on this, and at the same time the management can keep access to the controls.