CHAPTER 8
Authority, Responsibility and Accountability
CHAPTER OBJECTIVES
After reading this chapter, you should be able to:
- Understand the meaning of authority
- Describe the process of delegation
- List the different types of delegation
- Describe centralization vs. decentralization of authority
- Enumerate the guidelines for measuring the extent of decentralization
- Define job design
- Describe the critical components of job design
- Present an overview of organizational structure
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