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(BQ) Part 2 book "Management" has contents: Basic elements of organizing, managing organization design, managing organization change and innovation, managing human resources in organizations, managing work groups and teams, managing interpersonal relations and communication,.and other contents. | Copyright 2012 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. May not be copied, scanned, or duplicated, in whole or in part. Due to electronic rights, some third party content may be suppressed from the eBook and/or eChapter(s). Editorial review has deemed that any suppressed content does not materially affect the overall learning experience. Cengage Learning reserves the right to remove additional content at any time if subsequent rights restrictions require it. 11 C ha p t e r Learning Objectives After studying this chapter, you should be able to: 1. Identify the basic elements of organizations. 2. Describe the basic alternative approaches to designing jobs. 3. Discuss the rationale and the most common bases for grouping jobs into departments. 4. Describe the basic elements involved in establishing reporting relationships. 5. Discuss how authority is distributed in organizations. 6. Discuss the basic coordinating activities undertaken by organizations. 7. Describe basic ways in which positions within an organization can be differentiated. Copyright 2012 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. May not be copied, scanned, or duplicated, in whole or in part. Due to electronic rights, some third party content may be suppressed from the eBook and/or eChapter(s). Editorial review has deemed that any suppressed content does not materially affect the overall learning experience. Cengage Learning reserves the right to remove additional content at any time if subsequent rights restrictions require it. 294 PART 4   The Organizing Process management in action Delayering as a Defense Mechanism “I know what it is that we need to do.” —Anglo American CEO Cynthia Carroll In addition, Anglo now maintains BUs only for its core assets—operations that are essential to producing rev‑ enue, cash flow, or profit. Going hand in hand with the company’s delayering strategy is thus a strategy to divest its .