Both Uses

disposition
in
The Bourne Supremacy
(Edited)

The line was busy for the second time so Webb replaced the phone and returned to W. F. Vella's Siam under Rama III to see if the Burmese exchange student had been right about Rama IPs conflict with the sultan of Kedah over the disposition of the island of Penang.
Chpt 4 *

disposition = transferring control
The first was that the size and disposition of the attacking force could not be accurately estimated and the risk of capture or death outside was too great.
Chpt 32 *

disposition = positioning

Definitions:

(1) (disposition as in: a kind disposition)
someone's personality, nature, or typical way of behaving
(2) (disposition as in: disposition of the matter)
the decision or action taken when an issue was settled so that it no longer requires attention
(3) (disposition as in: disposition of the assets)
the giving, selling, or transferring of something to another
(4) (disposition as in: strategic troop disposition)
the arrangement, positioning, or use of things
(5) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)