The Overriding Aim in Building a Management Team Should Be

question 76

Multiple Choice

The overriding aim in building a management team should be to

• A) select people who are committed to decentralizing decision-making and empowering employees.
• B) assemble a critical mass of talented managers who can function as agents of change, work well together as a team, and produce organizational results that are dramatically better than what one or two star managers acting individually can achieve.
• C) choose managers experienced in controlling costs and flattening the organization structure.
• D) select people who have similar management styles, leadership approaches, business philosophies, and personalities.
• E) choose managers who believe in having a strong corporate culture and deeply ingrained core values.

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