Management (14th Edition)
14th Edition
ISBN: 9780134527604
Author: Stephen P. Robbins, Mary A. Coulter
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 1, Problem 18DQ
Summary Introduction
To determine:
The benefits that an organization has when there is no hierarchy, no managers and no job titles.
Introduction:
A manager is an individual that administers or controls a group of staff or an organization. In other words, a manager oversees a certain subset of a company or a certain group of tasks. A manager possesses a non-managerial staff of people that directly reports to him.
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Management (14th Edition)
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