When Business-Unit Managers Inability to Remain Informed Across Multiple Business

question 73

True/False

When business-unit managers inability to remain informed across multiple business units leads them to blame poor performance on difficult competitive conditions, even when it is the result of their inability to craft a successful business model, organizational problems increase. Top managers must spend an enormous amount of time and effort to solve them which increases bureaucratic costs and cancels out the profit-enhancing advantages of pursuing diversification, such as those obtained from sharing or leveraging competencies.

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