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Tim Horton’s
The best type of organizational structure for Tim Horton’s is a combination of both products based and geographical structure. The organization deals with the fast-food restaurant chain. The company can operate in different geographical regions, and this makes the products and the services to be localized (Zhang et al., 2018). Thus for it to sell its products and to minimize the cost of operations, it is required to be in several regions. The geographical structuring can help it group itself base on geography. Thus, it can open a different food chain in different regions within the country. The functional structure would also come in handy while grouping the employees into functional areas. The employee the functional can be divided into operation, marketing and sales.
Air Canada
The best organizational structure for air Canada would be a geographical structure. Foremost, it’s important to understand that air Canada is a flag carrier and the largest airline in Canada. Due to this, it operates within different regions across the globe. The geographical, organizational structure would be suitable since the business would open different office and units in different regions. It would allow the company to have functional and reporting systems across multiple locations (García de Soto et al., 2019). The company would be able to operate on separate sites depending on local demand while still being directed by business policy. The geographical offices would report to the executive who would oversee the locations. This structure would benefit the business in several ways. It will have close communication with all local customers and would also be able to better serve the local needs by providing affordable prices depending on geographical area.
- Microsoft
Microsoft would be best suited for a product organizational structure. The structure involves several activities like divisions that are centred on specific computer hardware and software products and also organizational outputs. The camp0ny can use the product as the primary method for grouping related and personal resources. For instance, it can have a separate division that deals with cloud-based product and another area that concentrates with other products (de Kinderen, & Kaczmarek-Heß, 2020). The structures would also come in handy as it would give room for product innovation. The company can divide its product segments into intelligence cloud, cooperate, personal computing and business processes. This structure is mot ideal for the company since it deals with multiple products, and it can also help to reduce the product development cycle.
Samsung
Samsung would also be best suited for product organizational structures. This is because of the nature of the company, where it is divided into several segments or products. For instance, it can be divide into IT products, Mobile communication products, consumer electronic products, and devices solution products. The company has a large product portfolio where the products and services tend to differ. This structure would also be ideal as it can promote innovation within the company and the different segments (de Kinderen, & Kaczmarek-Heß, 2020). Since the company also deals with technological innovation, product structure would help it gain a competitive advantage in the technological world. Additionally, the company can also adopt the geographical structure as it has many offices in different countries across the globe. The geographical offices would help to sell the company according to product lines and profit centre.
References
De Kinderen, S., & Kaczmarek-Heß, M. (2020). On model-based analysis of organizational structures: an assessment of current modelling approaches and application of multi-level modelling in support of design and analysis of organizational structures. Software and Systems Modeling, 19(2), 313-343.
García de Soto, B., Agustí-Juan, I., Joss, S., & Hunhevicz, J. (2019). Implications of Construction 4.0 to the workforce and organizational structures. International Journal of Construction Management, 1-13.
Zhang, D., Bhuiyan, N., & Kong, L. (2018). An Analysis of Organizational Structure in Process Variation. Organization Science, 29(4), 722-738.