This assignment seeks to help you understand the answer to a broader concern and that is, how do technology and global pressure affect organizational design?

Please answer the following questions:

• Please distinguish between functional, business and corporate level strategies and summarize each in two or three sentences.

• Which organizational design problems are associated with each of the following global expansion strategy - multi domestic, international, global, and transnational?

• How might the relationship between technology and organizational effectiveness be summarized?

• How might the connection of specific technologies and organizational structures with organizational effectiveness be summarized?

• How is corporate culture affected by technology?

Hint:

When responding to the questions above that refer to technology, use the RIM Blackberry as the technology of interest.

Please limit your response to this assignment to a maximum of four single spaced, typed pages. Where necessary please identify relevant theories and examples noted in the text. In some instances, your responses should take the form of a summary, in your own words, of the main ideas of particular sections of the chapter. Please cite your sources in the text and please reference them at the end of your assignment. Please end your write-up with one paragraph that suggests what you think is the importance of this assignment.