structure follows strategy

 
 
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author:
Chandler, Alfred D.
country:
United States
period:
1962
type:
model
role:
consultant
activity:
analyse and design
topic:
strategic management and org. design & development
abstr. level:
organisation
perspective:
rational
status:
final
module:
classics I
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The historian, Alfred Chandler, substantiated his 'Structure follows Strategy' thesis based on four case studies of American conglomerates that dominated their industry from the 1920's onward. Chandler described how the chemical company Du Pont, the automobile manufacturer General Motors, the energy company Standard Oil of New Jersey and the retailer Sears Roebuck developed over time by identifyin...

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