ACCA Applied Knowledge · Business and Technology · Business organisational structure
A firm adopts a virtual organisation model, with staff working remotely and collaborating through shared platforms. Which of the following is a disadvantage most closely linked to this model?
The key disadvantage is greater difficulty in building a shared culture and controlling work. Remote staff have less face-to-face contact and supervision. Virtual models actually reduce premises needs and widen the talent pool, so the other options misstate their effects.
- AGreater difficulty in building shared culture and controlling workCorrect
- BHigher requirement for large central office premises
- CReduced access to a geographically wide talent pool
Explanation
Virtual working weakens face-to-face contact, making culture, supervision and control harder. It reduces rather than increases premises needs, and it widens rather than narrows the talent pool, so the other options describe benefits reversed.
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