In decentralized organizations, decision-making authority is . a) spread throughout the organization b) not granted to the lowest-level managers c) confined to a few top executives.

a) spread throughout the organization

Explanation:

you have to put the parentheses like this:

in fact, you have to perform the operation inside parentheses first, and then proceed in order:

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