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CASE STUDY 2
1. Explain why you believe an investment center is or is not an appropriate organization
design in this company.
According to Hoynes & Schanzenbach (2016), an investment center is a business unit
found in organizations that have responsibilities where a manager is able to control revenue and
associated costs, assets and any other liabilities. It is an important part of a business that any
other company ought to have. An organizational structure is a very crucial part of any business
since it can simplify the operations. In my opinion, this company is in need of an investment
center. This been a type of an organization where activities have to work together and be
integrated. The center will help the company to be able to track all the transactions that are going
through the company. It will be easy to see the profits and the losses. As a manager, one of the
concerns is whether the company earning are improving and if the capital that was used has been
gotten back. The business center will make it easy to be able to track the performance of the
company. It will be easy to make sure that each hub is getting the correct percentage.
2. Assuming that this organization is committed to the current design, how would you
improve it?
Changing the current design of the organization will not be a simple task but it, however,
need to be done. The first thing would be to consult the entire manager and the main
stakeholder; this would make it easy in seeing that any opposition would be very minimal. The
performance measurement system that the company has ought to be expanded to cover more
than just the financial control. The system can be designed so that it includes the performance
measures that show what the customers need. Such performance measures include error solving
time, on-time performance as well as customers performance. Improving the design will help in
improving the customer service as well as used to base the performance payments for the

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Running head: CASE STUDY 1 Case Study Institution Affiliation Date CASE STUDY 2 1. Explain why you believe an investment center is or is not an appropriate organization design in this company. According to Hoynes & Schanzenbach (2016), an investment center is a business unit found in organizations that have responsibilities where a manager is able to control revenue and associated costs, assets and any other liabilities. It is an important part of a business that any other company ought to have. An organizational structure is a very crucial part of any business since it can simplify the operations. In my opinion, this company is in need of an investment center. This been a type of an organization where activities have to work together and be integrated. The center will help the company to be able to track all the transactions that are going through the company. It will be easy to see the profits and the losses. As a manager, one of the concerns is whether the company earning are improving and if the capital that was used has been gotten back. The business center will make it easy to be able to track the performance of the company. It will be easy to make sure that each hub is ...
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