1. Discuss the costs and benefits of specialized task assignment relative to broad task assignment. What variables are likely to be particularly important in determining the optimal choice between these two alternatives?
2. Define the following: functional organizations, product organization, geographic organization, matrix organization, and network organization.
3. Discuss the circumstances under which you think functional organizations will work best.
4. Discuss the pluses and minuses of matrix organizations.
5. Why do you think many U.S. firms have reorganized their international divisions from a country focus to matrix organizations focusing on both country and product?