Question

Staples, the office supply store, owns Quill, which specializes in selling to more than 1 million small and mid-sized U.S. businesses. For example, Quill offers medical supplies to doctors’ offices. Staples has found it pays to departmentalize by _______.
A. Product

B. Function

C. Customer

Answer 1

Answer: function---B

Explanation:Staples has found it pays to departmentalize by _function______.

This means that Staples will supply its products according to the function of various departments ie according to the activities performed or carried out by such department since it has found out that it is beneficial to the company

for eg, Quill is a subsidiary of Staples supplies medical supplies to doctor:s offices.