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Homework: Organizational Structure and the New CEO

Profitability is becoming more critical, and change more inevitable. Organizations in the global economy must become acculturated with the mindset of change readiness to allow for rapid adaptation of organizational structures to meet changing business demands of the so-called "triple bottom line." Modern business, has responded to the way stakeholders and stockholders view the viability of organizations as targets of investment by trending toward filling the role of the chief executive officer (CEO) with expert financiers. This creates a difference in management style at the highest levels of organizations that may or may not endure. In this homework, you will synthesize the adaptive nature of global organizational structures with the new conceptualization of the CEO as an expert financier.

Directions:

Write a paper (1,250 to 1,500 words) in which you synthesize the adaptive nature of global organizational structures with the new conceptualization of the CEO as an expert financier. Include the following in your synthesis:

Question A. A discussion of how being accountable to the stock market has influenced the structure of organizations and the role of the CEO.

Question B. A discussion of leadership in a global integrated enterprise in relation to the organizational structure and the role of the CEO.