{"id":746,"date":"2012-09-20T20:40:29","date_gmt":"2012-09-20T20:40:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/joapen.com\/blog\/?p=746"},"modified":"2012-09-20T13:20:12","modified_gmt":"2012-09-20T13:20:12","slug":"globe-regions-countries-areas-of-influence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/joapen.com\/blog\/2012\/09\/20\/globe-regions-countries-areas-of-influence\/","title":{"rendered":"Globe, regions, countries&#8230; areas of influence"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Every single company is divided in departments, areas, regions, countries, &#8230;. units.<\/p>\n<p>These units do not work alone, they need to interact and there is always an authority leading each its area of influence.<\/p>\n<p>Nowadays I work for an unit facing the customer unit in front of me. There are other 2 units working in the same way, so 3 in total. 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