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What is the term for when a general manager asks a sales manager to find salespeople on their behalf?
What is the term for when a general manager asks a sales manager to find salespeople on their behalf?
- Delegation of responsibility (correct)
- Division of authority
- Decentralization of authority
- Assignment of task
What does decentralization of authority refer to?
What does decentralization of authority refer to?
- Distributing decision-making power to lower levels (correct)
- Assigning a specific job to a person
- Giving a task to a subordinate
- Dividing a task into smaller parts
What is the primary difference between delegation of authority and decentralization of authority?
What is the primary difference between delegation of authority and decentralization of authority?
- One is temporary, while the other is permanent
- One is used in sales, while the other is used in marketing
- One involves tasks, while the other involves decision-making power (correct)
- One is used in small organizations, while the other is used in large organizations
What is the result of delegating tasks to subordinates?
What is the result of delegating tasks to subordinates?
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What is the term for dividing a task into smaller, manageable parts?
What is the term for dividing a task into smaller, manageable parts?
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