Structure for an MNC Board of Directors
President
Operating Companies
U.S.
Operating Companies
Europe*
Operating Companies
Latin America
Operating Companies
Africa
Operating Companies
Asia*
Product Group
B
Product Group
D
Corporate Sta�
Product Group
A
Product Group
B
Product Group
C
R&D
*NOTE: Because of space limitations, product groups for only Europe and Asia are shown here.
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specifically for the market, by 2016 sales had stalled at 44,000 cars a year. The company has remained strongly profitable and even acquired 100% of Chrysler in 2014.78
This chapter explains how jobs and organizational units can be designed to sup- port a change in strategy. We will continue with staffing and directing issues in strategy implementation in the next chapter.
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budget (p. 301) cellular/modular organization
(p. 314) first mover (p. 299) geographic-area structure (p. 317) job design (p. 316) late movers (p. 299) market location tactic (p. 299)
matrix structures (p. 310) network structure (p. 312) organizational life cycle (p. 309) procedures (p. 301) product-group structure (p. 317) program (p. 298) reengineering (p. 314)
Six Sigma (p. 315) stages of corporate development
(p. 304) strategy implementation (p. 296) structure follows strategy (p. 303) synergy (p. 302) timing tactic (p. 299) virtual organization (p. 312)