Scenario D. "This company needs better integration!" Alyssa was thinking about that quote as she was working on a project for the president of her company, who was also her boss. He had asked her to put together a plan to transition their firm to a more tightly integrated one. Alyssa recalled from her college management classes that the particular structure an organization adopts may use a variety of approaches to help them make certain that interdependent units and individuals will work together to achieve a common purpose. Somehow she had to address this in her report.
-One thing that Alyssa was considering was to be sure the firm focused on regulating what the employees do to better integrate the firm.Which of the following actions should Alyssa recommend to her boss to best accomplish this goal?
A)Coordinate by standardization
B)Formalize all processes with the approval of the Board
C)Change the organization to a matrix structure
D)Accumulate the right resources and eliminate resources that don't provide value
E)Centralize decision making

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Coordinate by standardization would help regulate what the employees do and ensure that everyone is on the same page. By creating standardized processes and procedures, the firm can better integrate the various units and individuals to work together to achieve a common purpose. Formalizing processes with the approval of the Board or changing the organization to a matrix structure may also help with integration, but these options may be more time-consuming and expensive. Accumulating the right resources and eliminating resources that don't provide value and centralizing decision making may also be helpful, but do not directly address the issue of integrating the firm.