Advanced Strategic Management (MGMT-885) discussion 10

Instructions

1. Read the Ford case (at the end of Chapter 10) and some of the additional sources listed below. Please feel free to also search for and read other sources.

1. • Automotive Shift to Aluminum Slower Than Expected, Novelis Warns,” Automotive News, 9 November 2015, https://www.autonews.com/article/20151109/OEM10/151109819/auto-industry-shift-to-aluminum-slower-than-expected-novelis-warns.
   • M. Colias, “Ford to Cut 7,000 Jobs in Bid to Catch Up with Rivals,” Wall Street Journal, 20 May 2019, https://www.wsj.com/articles/ford-restructuring-plan-to-eliminate-7-000-jobs-11558358511.
   • Davies, “Bill Ford’s Vision for a World Beyond Cars,” Wired, 4 November 2015, http://www.wired.com/2015/11/bill-ford-interview-vision-for-world-without-cars/.
   • Ford, “2015 Ford F-150 Commercial ‘Forward March,’” 30 December 2014, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0Ab2VT-g6s.“Ford Stepping Up Its Game in China,” Seeking Alpha, 14 October 2015. http://seekingalpha.com/article/3573096-ford-stepping-up-its-game-in-china

2. Make a “Structure” post

• Select one of the “Structure” items (a – d) that has not yet been selected. To see which items have been selected, please read the discussion posts.
• Address the item in a discussion post.
• Use the following title for your post – Structure – (letter you have selected)

Structure

1. Does Ford use a functional structure? Explain.
2. Does Ford use a product divisional structure? Explain.
3. Does Ford use a geographic division structure? Explain.
4. Does Ford use a matrix structure? Explain.