Read chapters 10 and 11 then answer the following questions:
1. How does organizational structure influence the strategies an organization develops?
2. Why is there no optimal structure?
3. Could the three levels of an organization—corporate, business unit, and functional unit—each have a different organizational structure? Why or why not?
4. What are the corporate office’s key concerns in creating and implementing strategy? Why?
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Strategic plans guide organizations from their existing state to their ideal state (vision). Environmental analyses inform an organization about its existing position and reveal the gap between its existing and ideal positions. Accurate information and effective communication are critical to formulating and maintaining strategic direction. Organizations that fail to appropriately engage their key stakeholders and align perceptions may find that their strategic efforts derail, resulting in conflict and wasted effort.
