13.Strategy vs. Structure: Evolutionary Patterns(Cont’d)• Three main structures (Cont’d) – 3. Multidivisional (M-form) structure • Each division represents a separate business or profit center in which corporate officers delegate responsibilities for day-to-day operations and business-unit strategies to division managers • Enables corporate officers to more accurately monitor the performance of each business -->simplifies the problem of control • Facilitates comparisons between divisions --> improves resource allocation process • Stimulates managers of poorly performing divisions to look for ways of improving performance ©2011 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. May not be scanned, copied or duplicated, or posted to a publicly accessible website, in whole or in part.