Human Resource Management 7th Edition by Raymond Noe, John Hollenbeck, Barry Gerhart, Patrick Wright

Exercise 2

In what way does a choice of structural "departmentation" (i.e., divisional versus functional) tend to "fit" best with a specific corresponding choice with respect to decision-making structure (i.e., centralization versus decentralization) In what way did GM's choice with respect to departmentation not fit with its choice with respect to centralization, and how did this figure into Saturn's demise