Preview (2 of 1 Pages)100%Purchase to unlockPage 1Loading page ...AnalyzingOrganizationalStructureforMultiproductandMultiserviceCompanies1)ConsiderAnalyticalExercise7attheendofChapter3:“Amongtheweaknessesofthedivisionalstructureistheduplicationofactivitiesandpotentialofcounter-productiveinter-marketcompetitionforcustomers,whichisnotonlyinefficientbutcanlimitopportunitiesforcooperationacrossmarketsegmentsandwasteresources.”Thisstatementappliestoconglomerateorganizations.Canyouthinkofaformofstructurethatisbettersuitedtomultiproduct,multiservicecompanies?Defendyouranswer.Respondsubstantivelytotwootherlearners.Thebestformofstructureforamultiproduct,multiservicecompanywouldbedivisionalstructure.Divisionalstructureisalotlikemachinebureaucracy,”Thedivisionalstructureisactuallyasetofautonomousunits,eachtypicallyamachinebureaucracyuntoitself,coordinatedbyacentralheadquarters(Robbins,1990).However“Machinebureaucracieshavedifficultyadaptingtochangesintheenvironment,suchassignificantproductchangesbroughtaboutbymarketdemand.”Reilly,M.,Minnick,C.,&Baack,D.(2011).Withadivisionalstructureyouareabletohaveahandfulofstrongmachinebureaucracy’sleadbyonecentral“boss”.Thiswaythemachinebureaucraciesaren’tneededtoadapttochangesintheenvironment,anothermachinebureaucracywilljustfocusonthenewproductorservicedemandedbythePage 2Report