Accounting Multiple Choice Question – 16 July 2024

Alex works for Lucy plc.

He is part of a project team working on developing a large construction site.

The team is a matrix structure with employees from many different departments coming together to work on this project.

Which of the following management principles set out by Henri Fayol dose this type of structure necessarily contravene?

Select ONE answer:

1. Authority and responsibility
2. Subordination of individual interests
3. Unity of command
4. Esprit de corps

Show your workings to arrive at your answer, and explain and justify your reasons:

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This multiple-choice question is suitable for Accounting KS5 classes.

The answer is 3

1. Not correct
2. Not correct
3. Correct –> A matrix structure would involve employees within the project team having responsibility to more than superior which breaks the principle of unity of command (3).
4. Not correct

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