Assignment:
Review a Case Study: Starbucks' Structure
Review the case study of your text titled "Starbucks' Structure" and create a paper that answers the four case studyquestions listed below in narrative form using APA format. Provide supporting rationale into your responses to the case study questions. Infuse vocabulary learned from the course in your case study analysis.
The case analysis should be 900 words long, excluding title and reference pages, with at least two references.
1. Create a job description and job specification for a Starbucks employee. The Starbucks site can be utilized to view the different job requirements of employees, but the intent of the assignment is to apply job specification concepts from the book to this case. Cite any references.
2. What form of departmentalization should Starbucks use? Should the form be changed in stores offering food products and lunch? Why or why not?
3. When the company began to experience financial problems, should the leadership try to centralize power and decision-making or decentralize the operation?
4. What form of organizational configuration best fits Starbucks?