
Understanding Management
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ISBN: 9780357033821
Author: Richard Daft
Publisher: South Western Educational Publishing
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Chapter 7, Problem 7AYSSL
Summary Introduction
To determine:
Whether the decisions related to an individual’s work is made above and passed down
Introduction:
Decision- making is an important aspect of an individual’s work, as the structure of task and activity will be based on the type of decision made regarding an individual’s job.
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