Management (14th Edition)
14th Edition
ISBN: 9780134527604
Author: Stephen P. Robbins, Mary A. Coulter
Publisher: PEARSON
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The reason for company SB in keeping mobile workforce “connected” and to adopt effective and efficient organizational design through technologies
Introduction: Departmentalization is dividing an organization into an official structure composed of several departments. These departments perform various tasks according to their specializations in the organization. Functional, geographical, customer and hybrid are the four types of departmentalization.
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