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McGraw-Hill/Irwin. © 2006 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., All Rights Reserved. Chapter Fourteen Designing Market-Driven Organizations. McGraw-Hill/Irwin. © 2006 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., All Rights Reserved. Designing Market-Driven Organizations.
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ChapterFourteenDesigningMarket-DrivenOrganizations McGraw-Hill/Irwin © 2006 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., All Rights Reserved.
Designing Market-Driven Organizations • Considerations in organizational design • Organizational design options • Selecting an organizational design • Global dimensions of organizations
Considerations in Marketing Organization Matching structure to strategic goals Extent of need to alter vertical structures Extent of process- type organizational design CONSIDERATIONS IN ORGANIZATION DESIGN Extent of partnering with other organizations Need to integrate value-creating activities around customers Impact of Internet on organizational processes
Alternative Organizational Structures Traditional Hierarchy Process Overlay Functional Structure Process Structure Functional Overlay Horizontal Structure
The Challenge of Integration • Integration problems • Marketing’s links to other functional units • Additional approaches to effective integration • relocation/design of facilities • personnel movement • reward systems • formal procedures • social orientation • project budgeting
Executives from marketing and sales meet frequently, collaborate on promotions, take training courses together, make sales calls together, share information freely Customer visits often involve executives from sales, marketing, engineering and design working togther Johnson’s teamwork philosophy extends to alliances and underpins its product development strategy Illustrative Example: Johnson Controls
Illustrative Example: GE’s Philosophy “One clear message in our approach is the value of the borderless culture which breaks down the horizontal barriers between functions and the vertical barriers between organizational levels. This means that employees are encouraged to collaborate with others and given considerable freedom to turn their creativity into productivity.” Source: Robert Nardelli, GE, 1993
Impact of the Internet on Organization • New managerial roles and practices are mandated by the Web • fast access to information from any location and remotely • accelerated trend towards flatter organizations • virtual team-working across geographical and organizational boundaries • new approaches to supplier relationship management (SRM) and customer relationship management (CRM) • managing and controlling outsourcing of more business processes and activities to specialist suppliers
Traditional designs Marketing’s corporate role New forms of marketing organizations Organizational Design Options
Traditional Marketing Organization Designs Functional TRADITIONAL DESIGNS Product- Focused Matrix Market- Focused
Marketing Organization Based on a Combination of Functions and Products
Organizational Transformation • Hybrid organization forms • Designs linked to value strategy and core capabilities • Vital role of data networks • Shared information and decision making Source: George S. Day, “Aligning the Organization to the Market,” in Reflections on the Future of Marketing, Donald R. Lehmann and Katherine E. Jocz, eds. Cambridge, MA: Marketing Science Institute, 1997, 67-93.
New Forms of Marketing Organization • New marketing roles • Chief relationship officer, chief knowledge office, chief customer officer • Transforming vertical organizations through managing processes • New organizational forms • networked organizations • the marketing coalition company • venture marketing organizations
The Marketing Coalition Company Source: Ravi S Achrol, “Evolution of the Marketing Organization: New Forms for Turbulent Environments”, Journal of Marketing, October 1991, 88.
Selecting an Organization Design Organizing concepts Organizing the sales force
Organizing Concepts Centralized Formalized Nonspecialized BUREAUCRATIC TRANSACTIONAL Internal (hierarchical) Organization of Activity External (market) Organization of Activity ORGANIC RELATIONAL Decentralized Nonformalized Specialized
Organizing the Sales Force • Organizing multiple sales channels • personal selling • Internet-based channels • telesales • direct marketing • Coordinating major account responsibilities • Key account management • Global account management
Issues in organizing global marketing strategies Variations in business functions Organizational considerations Coordination and communication Strategic alliances Executive qualifications Global Dimensions of Organizations
Marketing Organization Plan Combining Product, Geographic, and Functional Features Source: Philip B Cateora and John L Graham, International Marketing, 12th ed. (Burr Ridge, IL: McGraw-Hill/Irwin, 2005), 336.
Global Marketing Organization Standardized Versus Customized Strategies Executive Qualifications Alternative Organization Forms GLOBAL ORGANIZING ISSUES Strategic Alliances Coordination and Communication