Discuss the advantages or disadvantages a global firm might experience if it were to decentralize the decision making process through the assignment of teams according to geographic location. Address the following questions:
What organizational changes might a firm be obliged to consider, if it makes geographically based divisions?
Do you believe the complexity of global decision making has become easier, or more complex, in the last twenty years?
What examples of companies successfully or not-so-successfully implementing such an organizational structure can you find?
Are there examples where a firm would have performed better by using such an organizational architecture?