Question

A nationwide hotel chain groups work and workers into six units based on their locations such as the Mid-Atlantic, the Midwest, the West, the South, the Southwest, and the Northeast. Each unit head is responsible for doing business in that particular market and all unit heads report to the company CEO. This company uses a. Functional departmentalization. b. Product departmentalization. c. Customer departmentalization. d. Geographic departmentalization.

Answer 1

Answer: Geographic Departmentalization.

Explanation:

The hotel chain groups is making use of geographic departmentalization, to cover a larger area with trusted local managers reporting company's chief executive officer. Geographic departmentalization is a situation where a company groups it's resources (human and other resources) among it's several branches located at various locations and the manager at each branch is to relay report of activities to the company's headquarters.