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After studying this chapter, you will be able to:
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1. Define organization, and differentiate between a formal and an informal organization. |
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2. Explain the importance of the organizing function. |
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3. List the advantages and the major disadvantage of horizontal division of labor. |
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4. Distinguish between power, authority and responsibility. |
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5. Explain the concept of centralization versus decentralization. |
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6. Define empowerment. |
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7. List four principles of organization that are related to authority. |
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8. Identify several reasons managers are reluctant to delegate. |
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9. Recount the major factors that affect a manager's span of management. |
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10. Name and define three workplace changes, in addition to decentralization and empowerment, that have affected the organizing function in today's organization |