In a(n) organization, the normal procedure for dealing with any matter lying outside the boundaries of one individual’s functional responsibility is to refer it to the point in the system where such responsibility is known to reside, or, failing that, to lay it before one’s superior.

Mechanistic organization.

Explanation:

The structure of the mechanistic  is hierarchical and bureaucratic. Should you encounter something that's over or under your position, you refer it to the person who is in charge of that kind of thing or to your superior.

according to hess's theory, when the magma cooled, it would expand and push the tectonic plates apart. it would push the north and south america plates to the west and eurasia and africa ones to the east. the atlantic ocean would get wider but the coastlines of the masses would stay the same.

harry hammond hess was a geologist and a united states navy officer in the second world war. he is considered to be one of the founding fathers of the theory of plate tectonics. he is known for his theories on sea floor spreading, stating that the movement of the continents was the result of see floor spreading. the continents are attached to the plates and do not move separately. the plates themselves shift and change shape, carrying the continents along.

answer; longitudinal;