Organizational Configuration

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Today's companies are faced with strategic tasks emerging from the international operating environment. The ability to respond to those tasks is usually constrained by their internal capabilities, which are shaped by the company's administrative heritage. The administrative heritage can be defined as "the path by which it developed- its organizational history- and the values, norms, and practices of its management- its management culture." Every company is influenced by these. It consists of many aspects of a company's past such as home-country culture, history, and the influence of specific individuals. "Collectively, these factors constitute a company's administrative heritage." The administrative heritage has not only an influence on the strategic business unit and its multinational, global and transnational characteristics but also on the organizational form of a company. It affects the present abilities to respond to the forces driving worldwide competition.