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Chapter 11
Chapter 11
Chapter 11
Organizational Structure
McGraw-Hill/Irwin
Strategic Management, 10/e
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Learning Objectives
1. Identify four traditional organizational structures and the
pros and cons of each
2. Explain when one traditional structure is more likely to be
used than another
3. Describe the product-team structure and explain why it is
a prototype for the more open, agile organizational
structures frequently called for in todays global economy
4. Characterize differences between views on traditional 20th
Century organizational structures and 21st century
organizational structure needs
5. Explain five ways improvements have been sought in
traditional organizational structures
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Learning Objectives
6. Describe what is meant by agile, virtual
organizations
7. Explain how outsourcing can create agile, virtual
organizations, along with its pros and cons
8. Explain strategic alliances, along with their basic
pros and cons
9. Explain what is meant by boundaryless
organizations and why they are important
10. Explain why organizations of the future need to be
ambidextrous learning organizations and how this
fits into the global economy
Traditional Organizational
Structures
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Divisional Structure
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Product-Team Structure
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Efforts to Improve
Traditional Structures
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OutsourcingCreating
a Modular Organization
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Types of Boundaries
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Becoming Boundaryless
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Ambidextrous Learning
Organization
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