In Stage 3 Formalization- Growth with delegation, which statement best describes the stage?

• A. More responsibility is given to managers and employees to accomplish organizational goals and their work.
• B. The organization maintains a highly centralized control with strict top-down decisions.
• C. Communication becomes more top-down and decisions are made by top executives alone.
• D. Rules are removed and no formal systems are needed.

Answer: (A)

In Stage 3 Formalization—Growth with delegation, the emphasis is on expanding responsibility by handing decision-making and ownership to managers and employees as the organization grows, while keeping a structured, rule-based system in place. This means tasks are delegated to those closer to the work, goals are pursued through formal processes, and standard procedures help ensure consistency across a larger operation. It contrasts with fully centralized or top-down control, where decisions stay with a few at the top, and with approaches that discard formal rules, which would undermine coordination as the organization expands. So the statement that best describes this stage is that more responsibility is given to managers and employees to accomplish organizational goals and their work.