3.A company has four divisions - production, personnel, finance and marketing. Eachdivision is headed by divisional manager. Each divisional manager reports to managingdirector who, in turn, reports to the chief executive officer of the company. Thecompany has spread its offices in different geographical areas - south, east, north andwest. The managers of southern and eastern regions have further diversified theiroperations into consumer and industrial use of its products while the other two regionsmeet only industrial demand for their products.Question to be answered:Draw the organization chart of this company. What is the method ofdepartmentalization used at each level on the chart?

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