A second major responsibility is to coordinate and link groups, departments,and divisions with in a company. in february 2008,
a tornado destroyed a caterpillar plant in Oxford, mississippi, the only plant in company that produced a particular coupling
required for many of caterpillar's machines. the disaster threatened a worldwide production shutdown.
Greg Folley' a middle manager in charge of the parts division that included the plant ,gave workers 2 weeks to restore production to pre-tornado levels.