Modern Management: concepts and skills, 14/e

Management Skills Exercises

Learning activities in this section are aimed at helping you develop your organizing skills.

Cases

Microsoft Tries to Program Unity with Its New Structure

“Microsoft Tries to Program Unity with Its New Structure” (p. 176) and its related Challenge Case Summary were written to help you understand the organizing concepts contained in this chapter. Answer the following discussion questions about the Challenge Case to explore how basic organization principles can be applied in a company such as Microsoft.

1. 8-3. Does it seem reasonable that Satya Nadella and his leadership team were attempting to reorganize ...