MGT 330 Week 2 DQ1 Structure for Conglomerates

Structure for Conglomerates

Reflect on your reading for the week, specifically Analytical Exercise 8. Is another form of structural configuration better suited to multiproduct, multiservice companies? If not, is there a form of departmentalization for multiproduct, multiservice companies which would match somewhat the divisional structure configuration?"

Explain how the following somewhat match each other:

• functional structure with simple structure

• divisional structure with departmentalization by product

• machine bureaucracy with centralized, mechanistic structure

• professional bureaucracy with decentralized, organic structure

Management Planning

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