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Describe the organizational forms a company might have as it evolves from a start-up to a major corporation. List the advantages and disadvantages of each form.

Organizational structure. Need for expanding size of executive management team and adding new corporate layers in the corporation.

b. Describe the organizational forms a company might have as it evolves from a start-up to a major corporation. List the advantages and disadvantages of each form.

You may use one of the Virtual Organizations for this exercise if you prefer. Include speaker notes for each of the slides. The presentation should explain the following:

The relationship between an organization’s strategy and structure are extremely important because it “directly impacts a firm’s performance” (Rothaermel, 2013, p. 309). Also, as an organization grows, it should reevaluate the current strategy and structure to ensure that it remains the optimal choice for the organization (Rothaermel, 2013). The four types of organizational structures, listed in order of least to most complex according to Rothaermel (2013), are: (1) simple, (2)

Address the following questions and also provide the name of a company example of each structure with supporting rationale. Reply substantively to two other learners.

2. Evaluate Gordon Biersch's organizational alternatives to realize its growth ambitions. Recommend a course to follow?

Following an analysis of the case, the company is currently experiencing internal communication problems and a lack of understanding of how a business that has a matrix structure should operate. By applying a few changes within the organisation will result in the company becoming even more successful.

Reflect on your reading for the week, specifically Analytical Exercise 8. Is another form of structural configuration better suited to multiproduct, multiservice companies? If not, is there a form of departmentalization for multiproduct, multiservice companies which would match somewhat the divisional structure configuration?"

But as the company grows, they will have to let go of this structure and culture. Even Peter wonders if this structure is suitable if the company will grow in the future. SOLUTION: By growing as a corporation in the future, the company should and will hire more and more employees, and as the personnel increases in number, the organizational structure and the culture will change.

M2: Analyse the advantages and disadvantages of the interrelationships between organizational functions and its impact that can have upon organizational structure.

Q.1: How did the information systems and the organization design changes implemented by knudstorp align with the changes in business strategy?

The DGL case study is about the manufacture of refinery equipment and its urgent situation. The company has been haired the John Terrill as a new manager to manage its technical services division and informed the urgent situation of technical service division by having the 20 engineers with high paid and educated but least-productive division in the company. The instruction was turn around him.

1. What was the organization design that was in place at McKinsey and what did they want to change? Did the change in design complement their strategy? What were the key barriers to implementing change?

However, this approach brings into questions three main questions regarding the organization structure of a business