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Regarding Levels of Management: Select the correct answer:

  1. Top management focuses on strategic goals, policies, and external relations.
  2. Middle management issues instructions, interprets top-level policy, and coordinates between top and lower levels.
  3. Lower management designs corporate strategy and represents the organization to stakeholders.

    A1, 2

    B1 only

    C1, 3

    DAll

    Answer:

    A. 1, 2

    Read Explanation:

    • True for Board, CEO, and other policy-making executives.

    • This is the bridge function of middle management.

    • Lower management focuses on operations, not on strategic design or external representation


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