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How can policies control decisions while defining allowable discretion in which operating personnel can execute business strategies? Please describe several ways to do this and give examples.

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This 278 word solution describes the interaction between organizational policies, executive decision-making, and operating personnel. It focuses on the importance of policies to control and define the degree of discretion allowed to rank and file employees and how such company policies are the best way for executives to make broad organizational decisions.

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Policies can control decisions while defining allowable discretion in which operating personnel can execute business strategies, due to the fact that policies provide the parameters in which decisions can be made within by operating personnel. What this essentially means, is that decisions that are made by operating personnel or organizational management must be in accordance with the policies and practices of that organization. The policies and ...

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