What business case would you not likely make to Costco to decentralize its organizational structure and empower its employees?

Multiple Choice

A) Decentralized organizational structures lengthen response time to align most closely to the market conditions.

B) Decentralized organizational structures can impair cross-unit collaboration.

C) Decentralized organizational structures do not encourage responsibility among lower-level managers and rank-and-file employees.

D) Decentralized organizational structures may increase layers of management.

E) Decentralized organizational structures discourage lower-level managers and rank-and-file employees from exercising any initiative.