At PepsiCo, each of the company's three major beverage brands (Pepsi, Gatorade, and Tropicana) were formerly in separate departments. They competed for the same resources and there was very little coordination and sharing of information between them. This illustrates one of the problems with the ________ structure.

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The given scenario indicates that each brand was functioning as a separate division, with their own departments and resources. This type of structure is known as a divisional structure, where the organization is divided into self-contained divisions that operate independently. The lack of coordination and sharing of information between the three major brands is a characteristic of this structure, leading to competition and inefficient use of resources.

At PepsiCo, Each of the Company's Three Major Beverage Brands