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Chapter P4, Problem 4DQ
Summary Introduction
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The reasons for decreasing the number of stores each district manager was responsible along with the disadvantages associated with this decision.
Introduction:
Departmentalization is dividing an organization into official structure composed of several departments. These departments perform various tasks according to their specializations in the organization. Functional, geographical, customer and hybrid are the four types of departmentalization
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