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Briefly trace the dominant growth pattern of major corporations from simple structure to functional structure to divisional structure. Discuss the relationship between a firm's strategy and its structure.

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The simple structure, as the name says it, is the simplest form of organizational structure and also the oldest and most common one. With a simple structure, organizations have one specific management division that oversees and makes all the decisions for the functioning of processes in the organization ...

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