BMGT 495 Week 6 Discussion
Your selected portfolio company for assignment#1 has just announced that it will be expanding into an Asia-Pacific country (e.g. China, Malaysia, Singapore, Japan, etc). You have been asked by your management to make a recommendation for the organizational design of the company at the new host country/region.
Reflect on the organizational design of the company at its base location. Which organizational design is the most optimal for the company to implement at the overseas country, and what are the reasons for that choice?===Keep this business principle in mind " Organizational structure must follow/align with organizational strategy"
Kite Pharma’s Research &Development, and Commercialization Operations department is based in Santa Monica, while Manufacturing unit is in El Segundo. Therefore, currently Kite Pharma is operating in a functional structure.
Given that the company is expanding into an Asia Pacific country, multidivisional structure
