Question

All of the following are examples of vertical organization EXCEPT

A) Standard Oil's control of all phases of petroleum production and distribution.
B) the Krupp firm's integration of mines, steel mills, and munitions plants.
C) the British East India Company's monopoly on the tea trade.
D) U.S. Steel's control of mines, steel mills, and railroad manufacture.
E) All these answers are correct.

Answer 1

The only example that was not a vertical organization system is:

The British East India company's monopoly on the tea trade.

Step-by-step explanation:

The British East India Company was a very powerful organization that long-lasted around 250 years. It had a more horizontal type of organization because its structure gave freedom to perform decision making a all levels. It was one of its biggest flaws because the governors and directors relayed on their employees and that let them to the widespread usage of nonsupervised decision making.

Answer 2

All of the following are examples of vertical organization "C) the British East India Company's monopoly on the tea trade," since vertical integration implies the acquisition of different elements of business.