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Name the Organizational Structure Which Helps in Increasing Managerial and Operational Efficiency.

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Name the organizational structure which helps in increasing managerial and operational efficiency.

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The organisational structure which helps in increasing the managerial & operational efficiency is referred as “Functional structure”.

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