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Suburban Homes, once a medium-sized company, is rapidly ex- panding its business to southern states and is focused on main- taining its status as the fastest-growing construction company in the Midwest region of the United States. Its significant growth and good reputation for building quality single-family homes and townhomes presents both challenges and opportunities.

Suburban Homes is considering various options to expand its operations while retaining its focus on managing resources effectively and efficiently to increase profits:

Given the nature of its projects, Suburban Homes is con- sidering either a projectized or matrix organization struc- ture. However, a functional organization structure has not been ruled out.

With its focus on maintaining high quality in its construction tasks and end-product (home for the customer) as well as quality assurance in implementing project management pro- cesses, the company is actively considering a combination of the DMAIC model with a traditional project life-cycle approach. Organization culture plays an important role in sustaining and promoting efficiency. The culture, in turn, is influenced by the organization structure. Suburban Homes is highly committed to employee development and functional exper- tise through training, mentoring, and collaborative learning.

Which type of organization structure is more suitable as Suburban Homes opens new offices in other states? What is your advice to the company to address all these issues com- prehensively and coherently?