Exercise 12-34 (Static) Organization Structure and Responsibility Centers (LO 12-3) Evergreen Transportation is a domestic logistics company offering warehousing and transportation services. It is organized along product lines with three sectors: Agricultural, Manufactured Goods, and Petro-Chemicals. Each of the three sectors is further organized Into geographic divisions: Eastern, Midwestem, Southern, and Western. Division vice presidents oversee both the marketing and operations for their units. Evergreen is highly decentralized with division presidents given authority to operate the business Independently in terms of operations, Investments, and marketing. Required: Match the following executives to the responsibility center that best represents their likely decision-making authority. Executive 1. Warehouse Manager, Manufactured Goods 2. Sector President, Agriculture 3. Manager, Evergreen Corporate Human Resources (HR) 4. Sales Manager, Petro-Chemicals 5. Vice President, Agriculture-Southern Division Responsibility Center

Exercise 12-34 (Static) Organization Structure and Responsibility Centers (LO 12-3) Evergreen Transportation is a domestic logistics company offering warehousing and transportation services. It is organized along product lines with three sectors: Agricultural, Manufactured Goods, and Petro-Chemicals. Each of the three sectors is further organized Into geographic divisions: Eastern, Midwestem, Southern, and Western. Division vice presidents oversee both the marketing and operations for their units. Evergreen is highly decentralized with division presidents given authority to operate the business Independently in terms of operations, Investments, and marketing. Required: Match the following executives to the responsibility center that best represents their likely decision-making authority. Executive 1. Warehouse Manager, Manufactured Goods 2. Sector President, Agriculture 3. Manager, Evergreen Corporate Human Resources (HR) 4. Sales Manager, Petro-Chemicals 5. Vice President, Agriculture-Southern Division Responsibility Center

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