Your company operates a decentralized purchasing model for computer equipment. Individual departments or groups make their own selections as long as they stay within budget. What is the best way to…

Question

Options

• AArrange a meeting with the IT department to show them a list of green vendors.
• BEstablish centralized purchasing so that the company as a whole goes green.
• CFocus on education and persuasion of the individual departments or groups to ensure greener

• A
  6% (2)
• B
  9% (3)
• C
  85% (28)

Explanation

Option C is correct because in a decentralized purchasing model, you cannot mandate behavior - departments have autonomous decision-making authority, so the only effective lever is influencing their choices through education and persuasion. Option A is too narrow: showing a vendor list only to IT ignores all the other independent departments making their own purchases. Option B contradicts the premise entirely - the question asks how to work within a decentralized model, not how to dismantle it; centralizing purchasing would require structural authority you may not have.

Memory tip: Match your strategy to the structure - decentralized = influence, centralized = mandate. When you see "decentralized," your answer must respect departmental autonomy.

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