Introduction
The multidimensional organization exhibits the following:
- the overall performance of the firm is reported simultaneously on multiple dimensions and on multiple levels;
- each of these dimensions has a manager who is held accountable for the contribution of his dimension to the overall performance;
- these managers depend on each other for required resources; and
- these managers collectively are accountable for the overall performance.
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