There is a significant and growing trend for larger organizations to break their operations into smaller, more manageable, more responsive units. Subdivisions are often established by product or service. customer group or geographic region. In addition to the general. corporate-level strategies explained earlier, many individual business units or product. service, or customer divisions develop a more specific strategy to fit the circumstances of their marketplace and competitive environment. Consequently, there are three different business unit strategies that require correspondingly different strategic approaches to HR