1. Many firms have recently moved toward a modular structure. For example, they have increasingly outsourced many of their IT activites. Identify 2 such organizations. Using the internet and news sources, evaluate the 1) rationale for IT outsourcing and 2) implications for performance.
2. Select another organization and use the internet and determine what type of structure this organization has. In your view, is it consistent with the strategy that it has chosen to implement? Why or why not?