Understanding Management (MindTap Course List)
Understanding Management (MindTap Course List)
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ISBN: 9781305502215
Author: Richard L. Daft, Dorothy Marcic
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 7, Problem 1GL
Summary Introduction

To determine:

The order of the following functions and the reason for this order of ranking for a business like medium-sized pharmaceutical company.

The functions that are needed to be ranked are −

  1. Distribution
  2. Manufacturing
  3. Market research
  4. New-product development
  5. Human resources
  6. Product promotion
  7. Quality assurance
  8. Sales
  9. Legal and governmental affairs
  10. Office of the Comptroller

Introduction:

Here, in the discussion, few functions related to a medium-sized pharmaceutical company have been listed. Now, there is a need to rank them according to the order they should be performed.

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