When Firms Reduce the Number of Layers of Middle Management

question 56

Multiple Choice

When firms reduce the number of layers of middle management, what happens to their spans of control?

• A) They become less well-defined.
• B) They become narrower.
• C) They become wider.
• D) They become less important.

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Definitions:

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Peer-to-peer Processing

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TCP/IP

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