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The writer has provided a very clear and elaborative definition of work breakdown structure (WBS). He or she has also indicated the role of communication in the process, and the manner in which WBS facilitates an organizational breakdown structure (OBS). In addition, he or she has provided an in-text citation to strengthen the credibility of the definition. However, to make the response more informative, the writer should have addressed several issues that seem to be lacking in the answer. Firstly, he or she has failed to mention that the tasks listed in a WBS are directly related to a milestone or deliverables, which might take the form of services, products or results.

Secondly, the writer should have indicated the significance of effective communication in a WBS, and the impact of its absence. Thirdly, the writer should have elaborated how WBS facilitates the OBS. For instance, he she would have indicated that WBS provides a mechanism for documenting the responsibility and accountability of each deliverable, by outlining a direct relationship among OBS to the WBS elements that have been identified by the responsibility assignment matrix.

Nonetheless, the writer has creatively applied the system theory of management in the response. He or she has stated that laxity by one employee will drag the entire project since it is solely dependent on teamwork. Similarly, the system theory tries to explain how a worker affects a structure, and how the structure in turn affects the worker. The theory stresses that the success of the system will be achieved only if the different parts that support it work together towards a common goal.