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Chapter 10, Problem 3DQ
Summary Introduction
To determine:
Whether some functional organization appears in all organizational structure.
Introduction:
Functional organization structure was the traditional organization structure where authorities are divided based on the functions performed by each group of people. Therefore, these functional structure is broken down based on the functional departments such as finance, HRM, marketing, finance and etc.
Here power and authority stay confronted by the functional managers.
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