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CHAPEL HILL, N.C., March 20 /PRNewswire/ -- The administrative organization model of choice for most companies is decentralized with administrative assistants reporting to team or functional leaders rather than to a central administrative group. Also, three-quarters of the companies surveyed indicate current administrative staffing levels as being adequate and nearly 70 percent have not reported any plans for administrative staffing reductions, according to research by Best Practices, LLC, a leading pharmaceutical research firm.

Download a complimentary sample of this research, "Rightsizing Administrative Support for Competitive Advantage," at http://www3.best-in-class.com/br118.htm.

The study analyzes staffing ratios and deployment models for administrative staff in commercial operations and brand marketing teams and also examines:

-- Ratio of Pharma Operational FTEs to Administrative FTEs

-- Ratio of Administrative FTEs to Promoted Brands

-- Centralization of Administrative Staff

-- Handling of HR Management Tasks for Administrative Staff

-- Flexibility of Administrative Headcount

-- Trends in Administrative Support Levels

"Rightsizing Administrative Support for Competitive Advantage" reflects the type of research Best Practices, LLC conducts for members of its Business Excellence Board (http://www3.best-in-class.com/beb), a research and advisory service for health care and pharmaceutical executives.

For information on other services by Best Practices, LLC and its Business Excellence Board, contact Cameron Tew at ctew@best-in-class.com or 919-403-0251, ext. 246.

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Best Practices, LLC, conducts work based on the simple yet profound principle that organizations can chart a course to superior economic performance by studying
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