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One of the "rules," if you will," of strategic planning is that structure must follow strategy. What does that mean? Give an example to explain your rationale.

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One of the "rules," if you will," of strategic planning is that structure must follow strategy. What does that mean? Give an example to explain your rationale.

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It means that the organizational structure should be restructured and realigned to pave way for the overall corporate strategy to be implemented efficiently and effectively. In other words, in light of the formulated corporate strategy, the existing organizational ...

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