IPA IP 2026 Question 30
A question IPA Japan published in 令和8年度 ITパスポート試験 公開問題 問30, translated into English. ITPEC is based on the same exams.
Which of the following is an example of a divisional organization?
Explanation
Each business has its own purchasing organization — in a divisional organization every division carries out one business with its own functions.
A divisional organization splits the company by business, product or region. Each division holds the functions it needs, such as development, production, sales and purchasing, and bears profit responsibility for its business. So purchasing for business X sits in the business X division, and purchasing for business Y in the business Y division. Decisions are quick and close to the market, at the cost of the same function being duplicated across divisions.
Answer (a)
Why not others:
- •(b) — one organization per function (personnel, development, production, sales) serving every business is a functional organization
- •(c) — reporting to two superiors, one for the region and one for the product, is a matrix organization
- •(d) — a temporary team drawn from several departments for one goal and dissolved when it is reached is a project organization
Key rule: Divisional = split by business, each with its own functions; functional = split by function across businesses; matrix = two lines of command; project = temporary.
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