BPL 5100 Chapter 10: Chapter 10- Creating Effective Organizational Designs
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Lo10-1 the growth patterns of major corporations and the relationship between a firm"s strategy and its structure. Structure identifies the executive, managerial, and administrative organization of a firm and indicates responsibilities and hierarchical relationships. Lo10-2 each of the traditional types of organizational structure: simple, functional, divisional, and matrix. If corporate management uses quarterly profits as the key performance indicator, divisional management may tend to put significant emphasis on. Making the numbers and minimizing activities, such as advertising, maintenance, and capital investments, which would detract from short- term performance measures. If problems arise in a division, it may become very difficult to turn around individual businesses because of limited staff support in the corporate office. Instead of duplicating functions, as would be the case in a divisional structure based on products, the resources are shared. Lo10-3 the implications of a firm"s international operations for organizational structure.
