The traditional way for company to go international is to have centralized headquarters in the home country with hierarchical and often bureaucratic decision making processes. As businesses face greater degrees of globalization, for many companies this structure has proven to be less effective than decentralized organizational structures.
When ready, fully answer the following questions.
- Identify and explain three benefits of decentralized decision making. Discuss how these benefits might create strategic and/or operational difficulties.
- Identify an organization that is striving to achieve the ideal of "boundarylessness." Explain what "boundaryless" means then describe some tools and techniques used to help aid this type of working environment?
- Would you prefer to work in a centralized or decentralized company? What outlooks and competencies would make you a high-performing executive in your preferred choice?