When Ford Executives Announced Changes Intended to Eliminate Corporate Bureaucracy

question 201

Short Answer

When Ford executives announced changes intended to eliminate corporate bureaucracy, speed decision making, and improve communication and working relationships among people at different levels of the organization, these changes were examples of the ________ function of management.
organizing
planning
directing
controlling
none of these

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Definitions:

Federal Regulation

Rules prescribed by federal agencies designed to govern business practices and protect public welfare.

Preempted

The action of precluding or taking precedence over something, often referring to federal laws that take precedence over state laws in the same domain.

State Law

Legislation that is enacted and enforced by a state's legislative body, governing matters not reserved to the federal government by the Constitution.

Contract Clause

A provision in the U.S. Constitution that prohibits states from passing any law that impairs the obligation of contracts, aiming to protect contractual agreements from state interference.