1. Strategic Management Creating Effective Organizational Designs10
Strategic Management
Creating Effective Organizational Designs

2. Chapter 10 Objectives
The importance of organizational structure and the concept of the “boundaryless” organization in implementing strategies
The growth patterns of major corporations and the relationship between a firm’s strategy and its structure

3. Chapter 10 Objectives
Each of the traditional types of organizational structure: simple, functional, divisional, and matrix
The relative advantages and disadvantages of traditional organizational structures

4. Chapter 10 Objectives
The implications of a firm’s international operations for organizational structure
The different types of boundaryless organizations -- barrier free, modular, and virtual -- and their relative advantages and disadvantages

5. Traditional Forms of Organizational Structure
Patterns of growth of large corporations
Simple structure
Functional structure
Divisional structure
Strategic business unit (SBU) structure
Holding company structure

6. Traditional Forms of Organizational Structure
Matrix Structure
International operations: implications of organizational structure

7. Boundaryless Organizational Designs
The barrier-free organization
Creating permeable internal boundaries
Developing effective relationships with external constituencies
Risks, challenges, and potential downsides
The modular organization
Strategic risks of outsourcing
The virtual organization

8. Boundaryless Organizational Designs
Boundaryless organizations: making them work
Common culture and shared values
Horizontal organizational structures
Horizontal systems and processes
Communications and information technologies
Human resource practices