In addition to other factors, the increased use of technology and the reduced costs of information transfer from local office to corporate headquarters has: A. significantly increased the need for centralized decision making. B. only increased the costs of decentralization. C. reduced the need for middle managers and increased the scope of local decision-making authority. D. shown that technology has little impact on the centralization issue.
The lateral decision-right assignment is carried out on the basis of: A. the distribution of knowledge and the coordination and control costs. B. technological advances that allow firms to flatten their management structures. C. the degree of vertical integration of firms. D. the strength of the team of the local managers.