Strategic Management: Strategic Managment

Gregory G. Dess, University of Texas at Dallas
G.T. Lumpkin, University of Illinois--Chicago

Implementing Strategy: Creating Effective Organizational Designs

True or False


1	One advantage of a functional structure is that differences in functional orientation may hinder organization coordination and communication.
		A)	TRUE
		B)	FALSE


2	A key disadvantage of a divisional structure is that when divisions are separated to manage individual product-markets, there is a division of strategic and operational control.
		A)	TRUE
		B)	FALSE


3	One main advantage of the holding company form of organization structure is that it diminishes the duplication of functional activities between product lines.
		A)	TRUE
		B)	FALSE


4	When global strategies require that each division be responsible for overall efficiency and performance, a worldwide product division structure is disregarded.
		A)	TRUE
		B)	FALSE


5	When global strategies require that each division be responsible for overall efficiency and performance, a worldwide product division structure is disregarded.
		A)	TRUE
		B)	FALSE


6	A network of independent companies that is joined together to share skills, costs, and access to one another's markets is the virtual type of organization.
		A)	TRUE
		B)	FALSE

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