Chapter 10: Creating effective organizational designs

This chapter covers the following objectives:

• The growth patterns of major corporations and the relationship between the firm’s strategy and its structure.
• Each of the traditional types of organizational structure: simple, functional, divisional, and matrix.
• The implication of a firm’s international operations for organizational structure.
• The growth patterns of major corporations and the relationship between the firm’s strategy and its structure.
• Each of the traditional types of organizational structure: simple, functional, divisional, and matrix.
• The implication of a firm’s international operations for organizational structure.
• The different types of boundaryless organizations – barrier-free, modular, and virtual – and their relative advantages and disadvantages.
• The need for creating ambidextrous organizational designs that enable firms to explore new opportunities and effectively integrate existing operations.

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