The President of Silicon Company Has Just Returned from a Week

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Essay

The president of Silicon Company has just returned from a week of professional development courses and is very excited that she will not have to change the organization from a centralized structure to a decentralized structure just to have responsibility centers. However, she is somewhat confused about how responsibility centers relate to centralized organizations where a few managers have most of the authority.
Required:
Explain how a centralized organization might allow for responsibility centers.

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