Understanding Management
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ISBN: 9780357033821
Author: Richard Daft
Publisher: South Western Educational Publishing
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Chapter 7, Problem 1AYSGL
Summary Introduction
To determine:
The order of the following functions and the reason for this order of ranking for a business like medium-sized pharmaceutical company.
The functions that are needed to be ranked are −
- Distribution
- Manufacturing
Market research - New-product development
- Human resources
- Product promotion
- Quality assurance
- Sales
- Legal and governmental affairs
- Office of the Comptroller
Introduction:
Here, in the discussion, few functions related to a medium-sized pharmaceutical company have been listed. Now, there is a need to rank them according to the order they should be performed.
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