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Role of divisional management styles in the suitability and success of adopted organizational structure

Prateek Mangla
Abstract
A divisional authoritative structure for the most part comprises of a few parallel groups concentrating on a solitary item or administration line. Cases of a product offering are the different auto brands under General Motors or Microsoft's product stages. One case of an administration line is Bank of America's retail, business, contributing and resource administration arms. The paper draws the conclusions as to the importance of the divisional management styles in the organizational structure’s success.
Keywords
Organizational structure, divisional management, authority, organizational behavior
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