ABFM: Concepts and Practice · Part A: The Management Process

Chapter 3: Organising

Turning a plan into a structure: grouping work, spans and delegation, and the culture, change and conflict in every organisation.

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In this chapter

• 3.1The organising processp. 31
• 3.2Structuresp. 32
• 3.3Span, authority and delegationp. 33
• 3.4Organisational culturep. 34
• 3.5Change and conflictp. 35
• Exam traps and quick checksp. 36
• Practice: 16 questions in three roundsp. 37
• Answers, with every wrong option explainedp. 39
• Make it stickp. 41
• Chapter 3 on one pagep. 42

Corrections and updates

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