In an organization when horizontal structure is dominant, the following features can be observed:

• Shared tasks, empowerment
• Relaxed hierarchy, few rules
• Horizontal communication, face-to-face
• Many teams and tasks forces and
• Decentralized decision making.

When vertical structure is dominant:

• Specialized task
• Strict hierarchy, many rules
• Vertical communication and reporting systems
• Few teams, task forces, or integrators and
• Centralized decision making are mostly the characteristics of the organization.

The correct answer is Choice C.