Starbucks- Case Study 3
1. What type of departmentalization is being used? Explain your choices.
The types of departmentalization being used are: a. Retail Expert- Retailing is the last phase/stage of any economic activity where you sell the product or service to the end consumer. B. Administrative- The people involved in the process or activity of running a business, organization, etc. c. Manufacturing- The process of converting any kind of materials, components, or parts into finished goods that meet a customer's expectations (this is the product that Starbucks produces and sells D. Sales & Marketing- The activities involved in selling and promoting an organization's goods and/or services.
2. Do you think it’s a good idea to have a president for the US division and for the international divisions? What are the advantages of such an arrangement? Dis advantages? Yes, we believe that it will be good idea to have a president for US division and international Divisions. The US is a big division all on its own already and they have to handle it by themselves and there are many operations which go together in Starbucks. For international divisions there should be one president as this would globalize all the divisions and would help them to be on the same page and would be all together. The Advantages of this would be they would have better co-ordination if they had this they would also manage better to achieve better results. By having division of responsibilities people with work better and would have a positive impact on the operations. Disadvantages are that its harder to see how the standards country wide as there are more than on presidents, more organization and coordination is needed to monitor this much area. By having the two presidents there can be a conflict with decision making too many ideas. If the two don’t have the organization and the coordination can lower the standards of Starbucks.
3. What examples of the six organizational structural elements do you
The types of departmentalization being used are: a. Retail Expert- Retailing is the last phase/stage of any economic activity where you sell the product or service to the end consumer. B. Administrative- The people involved in the process or activity of running a business, organization, etc. c. Manufacturing- The process of converting any kind of materials, components, or parts into finished goods that meet a customer's expectations (this is the product that Starbucks produces and sells D. Sales & Marketing- The activities involved in selling and promoting an organization's goods and/or services.
2. Do you think it’s a good idea to have a president for the US division and for the international divisions? What are the advantages of such an arrangement? Dis advantages? Yes, we believe that it will be good idea to have a president for US division and international Divisions. The US is a big division all on its own already and they have to handle it by themselves and there are many operations which go together in Starbucks. For international divisions there should be one president as this would globalize all the divisions and would help them to be on the same page and would be all together. The Advantages of this would be they would have better co-ordination if they had this they would also manage better to achieve better results. By having division of responsibilities people with work better and would have a positive impact on the operations. Disadvantages are that its harder to see how the standards country wide as there are more than on presidents, more organization and coordination is needed to monitor this much area. By having the two presidents there can be a conflict with decision making too many ideas. If the two don’t have the organization and the coordination can lower the standards of Starbucks.
3. What examples of the six organizational structural elements do you