Multiple Choice
Why is downsizing similar to pruning?
A) Both are responses to technological innovation.
B) Both are ways in which managers are asked to leave their companies.
C) Both are ways to reduce the span of control.
D) Both are ways to increase the staffing ratio.
E) Both leave the organization more vulnerable to its environment.
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