Toby and Shannon grew their two-person publishing company into a 40-employee business
At first, Toby kept tabs on the business side of things, while Shannon headed up day-to-day operations. As the company took on more workers, the owners divided the company into editorial, design, production, sales, and business departments and promoted an employee in each department to manage it. What was the purpose of the departmentalization?
What will be an ideal response?
Answer: The purpose was to facilitate management of many people and functions.
Explanation: Departmentalization is the dividing up of an organization into smaller units, or departments, to facilitate management.
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