Management 101 Small Group Breakout Exercises Source: Daft, Richard L. Management. 12 ed. Cengage Learning, 2016. 2. ORGANIZING Designing Organization Structure Family Business Step 1. Assume that you ae a consulting tem to a family business, The family has used an See ence te aequire-a medium-sized pharmaceutical company. Last year, sales were down 10 frcent from the previous year Indeed, business has declined over the past thre yest, 8 Though the pharmaceutical industry has been growing, The family that acquired the business has asked for your help. Step 2. Your task asa group is t0 rank the priority of the departmental functions in the order of “portance for assigning additional resources t9 improve business in the future, Step 3. Individually, rank the following ten functions in order of importance, and make a note of your reasons: Distribution Manufacturing Market research New-product development ‘Human resources Product promotion Quality assurance Sales Legal and govemmental affairs Office of the comptroller Step 4. As a group, discuss the order of importance for the ten functions, sharing your reasons for how functional priority should relate to the company’s strategic needs Step 5. How does the group’s reasoning and ranking differ from your original thinking? Step 6. What did you learn about organization structure and design from this exercise?