Strategic Management
Strategic Management
4th Edition
ISBN: 9781259927621
Author: Frank T. Rothaermel The Nancy and Russell McDonough Chair; Professor of Strategy and Sloan Industry Studies Fellow
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 11, Problem 1DQ
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To determine: The importance of an organization to have alignment between its strategy and its structure.

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Importance of an organization to have alignment between its strategy and its structure:

Strategies are the plans implemented by the organization to reach its end goals. Structure is the pathways in which an organization chooses to implement its strategy. Usually, structure aligns with the strategy of the organization failing in which implementation of strategy becomes not feasible.

The strategy allows the organization to reach its needs and structure provides the stability and flexibility for implementing the strategy in terms of communication, labor division, resource allocation, real-time problems solving, and knowledge transfer.

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