Here is my project this week due Friday (January 29,2010),  4-5 powerpoint slides. There are 2 person assigned to do this item, I'm assigned to do the (geographic, functional, customer-based, product) of STARBUCKS ORGanization.

 3  Explain how organizational design (e.g., geographic, functional, customer-based, product) help to determine which structure best suits your selected organization's needs.

Here's the outline of the project. 

Learning Team Assignment: (Starbucks ) Organizational Structure Presentation

Prepare a 15- to 20-minute oral presentation, accompanied by 10-15 Microsoft^® PowerPoint^® slides, in which you select an organization with which your Learning Team is familiar, and present the following items as they relate to that organization:

1     Describe the organizational structure of your selected organization. Compare and contrast that structure with two different organizational structures.

2     Evaluate how organizational functions (e.g., marketing, finance, human resources, and operations) influence and determine the organizational structure of your selected organization.

3    Explain how organizational design (e.g., geographic, functional, customer-based, product, service, hybrid, matrix, marketing channels, and departmentalization) help to determine which structure best suits your selected organization's needs.

• Format your presentation consistent with APA guidelines.

• Submit and/or present your Organizational Structure Presentation.