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'Management by exception' means that managers should:
- Handle every decision personally
- Ignore exceptions to rules
- Make exceptions for favored employees
- Concentrate on significant deviations from plans and let routine matters be handled by subordinates
Answer
D. Concentrate on significant deviations from plans and let routine matters be handled by subordinates
Solution
This conserves managerial time for important issues.
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