What Are the Circumstances Under Which Decision-Making Authority Is Likely

question 139

Short Answer

What are the circumstances under which decision-making authority is likely to be decentralized?
A company where managers practice little delegation
A company where the top managers control everything
A small owner-operated company
A large organization where top managers cannot personally supervise every detail
When high dollar value decisions are made

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Definitions:

Strength

The physical or mental capacity to exert force, resist challenges, or endure pressures.

Direction

Guidance or supervision towards a destination or in a particular course of action; also, the path that must be taken to reach a place.

Statistically Significant

A term indicating that the results of an analysis demonstrate a likelihood that the observed effects or differences are not due to chance.

Sampling Variation

The variability in statistical measurements that occurs when different samples are taken from the same population.