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Rue: Management: Skills and Application, 10e
Management: Skills and Application, 10/e
Leslie W Rue, Georgia State University - Emeritus
Lloyd L Byars, Georgia Institute of Technology
Organizing Work

Learning Objectives


Define organization, and differentiate between a formal and an informal organization.

Explain the importance of the organizing function.

List the advantages and the major disadvantages of horizontal division of labor.

Distinguish among power, authority, and responsibility.

Explain the concept of centralization versus decentralization.

Define empowerment.

List four principles of organization that are related to authority.

Identify several reasons managers are reluctant to delegate.

Recount the major factors that affect a manager's span of management.

Name and define three workplace changes, in addition to decentralization and empowerment, that have affected the organizing function in today's organizations.








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