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Organizational Structure Makes a Difference

How is your company structured? Are decisions centralized or are they mostly decentralized to business units and subsidiaries? Do you have operations scattered around the globe or are you grouped in one location, with everyone under the same roof—from production to sales and marketing?

When business leaders think of strategy, they think a lot about product development and sales and marketing. But the structure of your company can make a big difference in the successful implementation of your strategy.

Wharton professor Lawrence Hrebiniak writes about the importance of connecting strategy with structure. If your structure is not aligned with your strategy, even the best strategy can fail.

Hrebiniak ...

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