Question

Keithomp, a company that manufactures and exports candies, sells different flavors of candy depending on the taste preferences of the country that it supplies to. Each country has a dedicated manufacturing facility that functions as a separate department. In this scenario, which of the following organizational structures does Keithomp most likely follow?A) Functional departmentalization
B) Geographic departmentalization
C) Customer departmentalization
D) Product departmentalization

Answer 1

Answer: Option B  

                                                                         

Explanation:  In simple words, geographic departmentalization refers to the  process under which an organisation separates its market operations on the basis of the geography such as country, state or district etc.

In the given case, company has separated its operations on the basis of different preferences of different countries.

Hence from the above we can conclude that the correct option is B .