Imagine That You Are Proposing That Your Organization Reconfigure Itself

Multiple Choice

Imagine that you are proposing that your organization reconfigure itself into a highly centralized organizational structure. What would NOT be one of your supporting rationales for this change?

A) Top-level managers retain decision authority for most strategic and operating activities.
B) Strict control and enforcement of detailed procedures backed by rigorous managerial accountability is the most reliable way to keep the daily execution of strategy on track.
C) Tight control from the top is a more effective means for coordinating company actions and makes it easy to fix accountability when things do not go well.
D) One of the basic tenets is that most company personnel have neither the time nor the inclination to direct and properly control the work they are performing and, further, they lack the knowledge and judgment to make wise decisions about how best to do their work.
E) The decision about where to draw the divisional lines depends foremost on the nature of the relatedness and the strategy-critical building blocks, in terms of which businesses have key value chain activities in common.