To overcome these flaws, explains Jay Galbraith, a noted management consultant, most big companies move back and forth between a decentralised organisation along lines of business and a centralised functional structure.

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Now the team was moving toward a matrixed structure, with each employee reporting to both a functional leader and a local area leader.

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