1. Why is it important for managers to carefully consider the type of organizational structure that they use to implement their strategies? Discuss the relationship between a firm’s strategy and its structure. Thoroughly support and substantiate your response.
2. Choose an article from Business Week, Fortune, Forbes, Fast Company, or any other well-known publication that deals with a corporation that has undergone a significant change in its strategic direction.
a. What are the implications for the structure of this organization?
b. In your view, is it consistent with the strategy that it has chosen to implement? Why? Why not? Thoroughly explain your response.