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| In this type of organization, the authority can be traced in a line from the top of the organization to the bottom. | Centralized |
| Another Name for Centralized Organization | Line Authority |
| Gives authority to a number of managers | Decentralized Organization |
| This type of business structure is usually departmentalized | Formal |
| involves subdividing resources and responsibilities to a specific unit or department in an organization | Departmentalization |
| These organizations are usually more flexible | Informal |
| Using human and material resources to accomplish a business’s goals | Management |
| Men and women with the greatest responsibility for planning, organizing, directing, controlling, and evaluating a company’s resources | Top-Level Managers |
| Job titles include plant manager, operations manager, and department head | Middle-Level Managers |
| Duties would include overseeing a small group of workers with less experience | First-Line Managers |
| Setting objectives and making long- and short-term plans for meeting the objectives | Planning |
| should set out the steps to be followed to meet the goals and should be flexible and allow for change. | Plans |
| Obtaining and coordinating resources so that a business’s objectives can be met | Organizing |
| Involves influencing, teaching, guiding, and directing people to carry out their assigned tasks to meet goals that have been set | Leading |
| Setting standards for work and Solving problems that prevent completion of required tasks according to those standards | Controlling |
| could include sales quotas or project goals | Standards |
| Businesses have _______ that establishes which person or group has authority over other persons or groups | organization |
