Canadian Wood Products has three divisions. The Lumberjack division is involved in harvesting trees and transporting them to lumber mills. The Milling division transforms cut timber into dimensional lumber for building. The Paper Products division makes paper and cardboard from the remnants of the milling process. What type of departmentalization is this an example of?

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This is an example of process departmentalization, where tasks are grouped based on the various processes involved in the production of the final product. In this case, the three divisions are responsible for different stages of the production process, from harvesting trees to producing paper products.

Canadian Wood Products Has Three Divisions