You explain to your students the structure of a local grocery store situated in your neighborhood. The store employs two full-time employees, a salesperson and a cashier. The owner of the store acts as its manager and makes all the decisions

Which of the following organizational structures is being described by you?
A) matrix structure
B) virtual structure
C) bureaucracy
D) boundaryless structure
E) simple structure

E
Explanation: E) A simple structure describes an organizational structure characterized by a low degree of departmentalization, wide spans of control, authority centralized in a single person, and little formalization.