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 8, Problem 1GL
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Whether we are encouraged to seek help anywhere inside or outside the organization with new ideas for our work unit.
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In the modern economic context, it is highly essential to improve the ways we accomplish our work, or improve our processes in line with the modern technological advancements and make the process of completing the task much easier and efficient rather than using and complying to the traditional methods that was penetrating before major changes that makes work much effective and efficient.
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