In designing the organizational structure,management know two concerns,__________ and __________,run counter to each other.
A) an effective way to departmentalize; coordinating activities
B) earning profits; paying taxes
C) hiring employees; reducing labor costs
D) sales growth; research and design expenditures
E) geographic dispersion; profit rate

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What are the main issues to consider in designing an international company's structure? Two that management faces are (1) departmentalizing to most effectively take advantage of efficiencies gained from specialization of labor and (2) coordinating the resulting departments' activities to meet the firm's overall objectives. As all managers know, these two goals can conflict with each other; that is, the gain from increased specialization of labor may sometimes be nullified by the increased cost of coordination. The search for an optimal balance between them often leads to a reorganization of the IC's structure.

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