Self-study
Consultant: The dramatic improvements in productivity achieved during the Industrial Revolution resulted in large part from standardization of processes and procedures coupled with centralization of planning and decision making. ████ ██ ██████ ██████ ████ ███████ ██████████ █████████ ████ ███████ ████████ █████ ████████████ ██ ██████ ██████████ █████████ ███████ █████████ ██ ████████ ██████ ███ ██ ███ ████ ██ █████ █████
"Surprising" Phenomenon
How have many already productive companies further improved their productivity by implementing less centralized planning and decisionmaking, even though more centralization has been known to lead to huge increases in productivity?
Objective
The correct answer should suggest a difference between the already productive companies and the average company that could explain why the already productive companies can increase their productivity more through less centralization.
Analysis by KevinLin
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a
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b
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c
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d
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e
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